April 30, 2015

Boston Gentleman Sentenced for Killing Northeastern University Student



Rebecca Payne, Northeastern Student 

[From article]
A former Boston man has been sentenced to 18 to 20 years in prison for the 2008 killing of a Northeastern University student from Connecticut who wasn't his intended target.
Thirty-thee-year-old Cornell Smith was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in Superior Court in Boston to reduced charges of voluntary manslaughter and unlawful firearm possession in the killing of 22-year-old Rebecca Payne of New Milford, Connecticut.


Cornell Smith, 33, Convicted of Homicide

Prosecutors said Smith invaded Payne's Boston apartment after climbing onto a second-floor balcony at 3:30 a.m. and opened fire at her. Authorities said Smith mistook Payne for another woman with whom he had fought days earlier in the same building.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/02/man_sentenced_to_prison_for_killing_northeastern_student

Man sentenced to prison for killing Northeastern student
Friday, February 13, 2015
By: Associated Press
Boston Herald


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