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U.S. NEWS Saturday 18 November 2017

3 pastors accused Killer of 7 in Connecticut gets life in prison
of luring teen girls
and paying for sex mains were discovered

in 2015, when authorities
By JOHN SEEWER went back to the site.
Associated Press All seven victims disap-
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Three peared in 2003, when
pastors worked together Howell was mowing lawns
to entice teen girls to have and working other odd
sex, often for money, and jobs. They were identified
shared photos and videos as Mary Jane Menard, 40,
of the girls, federal pros- of New Britain; Joyvaline
ecutors said. Martinez, 24, of East Hart-
One founded his own ford; Diane Cusack, 53, of
church and built a large New Britain; Melanie Ruth
following in Toledo. The Camilini, 29, of Seymour;
other two oversaw congre- Marilyn Gonzalez, 26, of
gations with a few dozen Waterbury; Danny Lee
people that met in rented Whistnant, 44, of New Brit-
spaces. ain; and Nilsa Arizmendi,
All three pleaded not guilty 33, of Wethersfield.
on Tuesday to charges that Howell was arrested in May
include child sex trafficking 2005 in Hampton, Virginia,
and sexual exploitation of in connection with Ariz-
children. Each could be mendi’s death and later
sentenced to life in prison if pleaded guilty to man-
convicted. slaughter.
Federal court documents This booking photo shows William Devin Howell, who killed seven people in Connecticut in 2003. He sexually assaulted three
(New Britain Police Department via AP)
describe how one of the of the women and kept
pastors had sex with a girl in NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — Mary Jane Menard. and his acts were “mon- one of the bodies in his van
his church office and how An East Coast drifter who She called Howell a “mon- strous, cowardly and self- for two weeks, sleeping
another used his phone to killed seven people in Con- ster” and said she tried to ish.” The state Supreme next to the body and call-
record himself having sex necticut in 2003 and drove kill herself two times after Court abolished Connecti- ing the victim his “baby,”
with a teen. a van he called the “mur- her mother disappeared. cut’s death penalty in 2015. according to an arrest
There were at least three der mobile” was sentenced Howell is believed to be the “I know what awaits me ... warrant affidavit.
victims mentioned in the Friday to life in prison. most prolific serial killer in a slow painful death in pris- Howell told a cellmate
indictment, the youngest A state judge handed Connecticut history — not on,” said Howell, who talk- there was a monster inside
being 14. down six consecutive life counting mass shootings. ed about his diabetes and him and described himself
While the men — Cordell sentences to William Devin The seven killings topped possible limb amputation as a “sick ripper,” accord-
Jenkins, 47, Anthony Howell during an emotion- the Connecticut body and organ failure in the fu- ing to the warrant.
Haynes, 38, and Kenneth al hearing where victims’ count of serial killer Michael ture. “I hope that provides He also told the fellow in-
Butler, 37 — all operated relatives spoke about how Ross, who killed six women some comfort to each of mate he kept one of wom-
their own churches, fed- the killings devastated their in eastern Connecticut the families.” en’s bodies wrapped up in
eral prosecutors said the lives. Howell pleaded guilty and two in New York, and The bodies of all seven his van because it was too
investigation was connect- to murder charges in Sep- was executed in 2005. of Howell’s victims were cold outside to bury her,
ed and remains ongoing. tember. The 47-year-old Howell, found buried in a wooded the warrant said. He said
Haynes and Jenkins were “He stripped away the from Hampton, Virginia, area behind a strip mall in he cut off the tips of her
arrested in April while But- youth from us and made cried and apologized to New Britain, about 15 miles fingers, dismantled her bot-
ler, who most recently ran me and my brother or- the victims’ families during southwest of Hartford. tom jaw and disposed of
a small church where his phans,” said Tiffany Me- the hearing, saying he de- Three bodies were found the body parts in Virginia,
wife was the co-pastor, nard, daughter of victim served the death penalty in 2007, and the other re- the document said.q
was arrested in October.
Lorin Zaner, an attorney
for Jenkins, said he has not
seen all of the evidence Officials try to identify ‘John Doe’ in fraud case
prosecutors have gath-
ered so it was too early to
say what will happen next. By KASEY JONES theft and voter fraud. tion to get a Maryland name, according to court
Butler’s attorney declined Associated Press John Doe, as the U.S. Attor- state identification card documents.
to comment, and a mes- BALTIMORE (AP) — A for- ney’s Office calls him, re- and numerous Maryland Davis was the first person
sage seeking comment eign national stole an mains in custody. He faces driver’s licenses, accord- to testify against Doe at
was left with an attorney American man’s identity, decades in prison at sen- ing to court documents. trial this week, prosecutors
for Haynes. then lived in the U.S. for at tencing in February. Doe also got a U.S. pass- said.
It’s not surprising if the three least 20 years and com- Doe assumed the identity port and a Social Secu- The Diplomatic Security
men were acting together, mitted Social Security and of Cheyenne Moody Da- rity card, and registered to Service wants to know who
said Celia Williamson, di- voter fraud, federal offi- vis, an American born in vote. Doe really is.
rector of the University of cials said. the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Doe voted in the 2016 The agency has posted
Toledo’s Human Trafficking Now they’re trying to de- late 1990s, according to presidential election, pros- on its website information
and Social Justice Institute. termine his true identity. court documents. ecutors said. about Doe.
“It says to me what we The man was convicted Fri- Doe is believed to be from In 2006, the State Depart- He is believed to be in his
already knew, that sex day in federal court in Bal- Antigua, Barbuda, or Ja- ment learned that Davis early to mid-40s, is 5’8” tall,
trafficking is a business,” timore on charges of pass- maica. was imprisoned in Antigua has light brown eyes and
she said. “Of course they port fraud, Social Security Starting in 1997, Doe used at the time Doe applied for may use the pseudonyms
worked together.q fraud, aggravated identity Davis’ personal informa- the passport under Davis’ Chris or Richie.q