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U.S. NEWS Monday 11 deceMber 2017
California:

Man freed after 15 years for shaken baby death

Saturday, one day after a Johnson testified that he
judge set aside his conviction. accidentally dropped the
Zavion Johnson, 34, walked 4-month-old in the bathtub
out of the Sacramento Coun- while rinsing her off in the
ty jail, where he was being shower. She hit her head and
held while his court case was later stopped breathing, he
heard. He had been serving a said.
sentence of 25 years to life at Medical experts testified that
a state prison in Vacaville. the girl had a fractured skull
Johnson was “both loving and and said her injuries were
trying to adjust to freedom,” evidence of abuse. However,
said his attorney, Paige Kaneb two prosecution experts later
with the Northern California repudiated some of their tes-
Innocence Project at Santa timony and said that based
Clara University School of on new scientific views, the
Law. evidence didn’t clearly rule
This photo provided by the Northern California Innocence Johnson was convicted of out an accident. On Friday,
Project shows Zavion Johnson, right, with members of his second-degree murder in the a state judge set aside John-
legal team in court in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Dec. 8, 2001 death of his daughter, son’s conviction. “I’m hoping
2017. Fifteen years after Johnson received a life sentence Nadia. for a positive future — for my
for the shaking death of his 4-month-old daughter, he’s set At trial, more than a dozen life to begin,” Johnson said in
to walk out of prison amid controversy over the medical witnesses described him as a a statement released by his
experts’ testimony that convicted him. gentle and caring father. attorneys after that ruling. q
(Lori Reinauer/IP via AP)
By DON THOMPSON A California man who spent
Associated Press 15 years in prison for shaking
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — his baby to death was freed

2 suspects in Hawaii vacation

rental home killing in custody

HONOLULU (AP) — A man Hailey Kai Dandurand, 20,
and woman remained in were arrested on suspicion
custody this weekend after of murder, according to
they were arrested on sus- police booking records.
picion of killing a woman in They could not be reached
a Hawaii vacation rental for comment while in cus-
home. tody in a police cellblock
Family of the woman iden- Friday and it was not clear
tified her as Telma Boinville, if they had attorneys. Ef-
51, who moved to Hawaii forts to reach their relatives
from Brazil in the 1990s. were unsuccessful.
Honolulu Police Deputy Boinville was passionate
Chief John McCarthy told about health, Kevin Em-
the Honolulu Star-Advertis- ery’s twin brother Brian
er that the woman’s body Emery, told The Associated
was found Thursday af- Press. She enjoyed surfing,
ternoon downstairs in the running, yoga, martial arts
house on Oahu’s North and baking with healthy in-
Shore, where she report- gredients, he said.
edly was a house cleaner She was a part-time
for the vacation property. teacher at Sunset Beach
Police found her 8-year- Elementary School, where
old daughter upstairs unin- she worked with English-
jured and tied up, he said. language learners, Hawaii
Boinville’s husband, Kevin Department of Education
Emery, told Hawaii News spokeswoman Donalyn
Now his wife was beaten Dela Cruz said.
with a baseball bat. “This loss has deeply affect-
Police said officers tracked ed our school community,”
the victim’s vehicle to a Dela Cruz said. “Sunset
parking lot in the Honolulu Beach Elementary has ad-
suburb of Mililani and ar- ditional counselors and be-
rested a man and woman havioral health specialists
nearby. available to help students,
Stephen Brown, 23, and staff and their families.”q