“Whenever you take your final breath, might the one factor you hear be the hellhounds coming for you, to tug your ass again right down to the place you belong.”

On Friday, 18-year-old John Honore was given life in jail with the opportunity of parole in 25 years following the second-degree homicide of Linda Frickey again in March 2022.

The carjacking was caught on video, with Honore pepper-spraying and making an attempt to tug Frickey from her automotive whereas punching and kicking her. She, nonetheless, was caught on her seatbelt and dragged greater than 700 toes as they took off within the automotive, her arm severed from her physique within the course of.

“The defendant, after pepper spraying her, grabs her, pulls her out of her automotive, places heel to her face, stomps her on the pinnacle, will get on high, punches her, will get into the motive force seat and you will notice selections made that ended Frickey’s life,” prosecutors stated within the courtroom in the course of the trial, saying Frickey was “screaming and pleading for him to cease.”

A witness, who lived close by, testified she at first thought the automotive was dragging a model earlier than realizing it was a neighbor. “This lady was skinned alive, tortured, and I am unable to think about the ache she went via,” she stated on the stand.

In the course of the trial, Honore’s lawyer acknowledged his shopper’s position within the crime. “He has accepted duty and is asking to not be punished however given an opportunity,” he stated in the course of the trial, whereas additionally pointing to Honore’s age. “Typically fool kids do terrible issues,” he reportedly stated, “However it doesn’t imply that we throw away that little one.”

Whereas Honore had three accomplices — 17-year-old Briniyah Baker, 16-year-old Lenyra Theophile, and 16-year-old Mar’Qel Curtis — they pleaded responsible to tried manslaughter prices and got 20-year jail sentences.

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“Whenever you take your final breath, might the one factor you hear be the hellhounds coming for you, to tug your ass again right down to the place you belong,” the sister-in-law of Frickey, Kathy Richard, stated in her impression assertion in the course of the sentencing listening to.

Honore’s lawyer and family members tried to level to his tough upbringing — which included alleged cases of abuse and poverty — and the idea he could possibly be rehabilitated if given leniency.

After the sentencing, the sufferer’s sister, Jinnylynn Frickey, stated, “We obtained justice. He obtained what he deserved. We do not care what occurred earlier than March 21, 2022.”