19-year-old Natasha Aeriel survived a wound to her head, The other three — Aeriel's brother, Terrance Aeriel, 18, Dashon Harvey, 20; and Iofemi Hightower, 20, — were forced to kneel against a wall and were shot fatally at close range
I have delayed posting this as it bothers me that the murderous thugs are believed to be illegal immigrants..such as this thug. while the facts are slow in surfacing,,,and rumors are that the others fled back to Mexico....The Questions need answered...
Why was he still in this country? and not in jail or deported...Is there so much wrong with our judicial system that an illegal (immigrant) can be out on bail committing additional crimes,... crimes that horrify a normal person,...Weapons charges,..Robberies,... Rape of a five year old,... and now execution murders..This guy is a thug...even if he was only guilty of one of the crimes he is accused of he should not have been free....
Jose Carranza, 28, also known as Jose Larchire, was named today as the "principal suspect" in the slaughter that has stirred outrage in the city and beyond its borders. Carranza -- who surrendered in person to Newark Mayor Cory Booker -- and a 15-year-old boy arrested Wednesday night are charged with murder, robbery and weapons offenses in the killings. Authorities are still hunting for other possible suspects.
Carranza, who was picked out of a photo lineup by the attack's lone survivor, is a Peruvian whose last known address was in Orange and was free on bail in two separate cases, according to court records.
He had been indicted by Essex County grand juries twice this year: once in April on aggravated assault and weapons charges; and once in July on 31 counts, including aggravated sexual assault of a child under 13 years old and endangering the welfare of a child he had a duty to supervise, court records show. ...Carranza was also charged under an alias with raping a girl over a four-year period that began when the child was almost 5 years old, the Star-Ledger reports....