Denise Gay Murders Martre Coles
The prosecution claimed that the mother and daughter duo plotted the murder for months before going through with it. Denise and LaToya Gay Are in Prison In December , Denise and LaToya were found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, but the jury couldn’t reach a verdict on the murder charge. A man was walking in the woods in Richmond, Virginia on a break from work on April 2, , when he came across something odd: a Rubbermaid bin with a shoe sticking out of it. Inside, he discovered the dead body of year-old Martre Coles. Denise and LaToya Gay
With Denise and LaToya Gay as the prime suspects in Martre Coles’ murder, police searched their home on April 3. LaToya came home during the search, and left again, so officers followed her. She went right to the spot where Coles’ body was found. “Investigators hadn’t released any information to the family about the body,” Burkett said. Martre, a teenage art student, was reported missing in April His body was discovered a few days later, stuffed into a plastic container, and left in a wooded area near an industrial complex in Henrico, VA.
Va. woman gets life for killing teen found in storage bin
RICHMOND, Va. -- A Henrico County mother and daughte r have been sentenced for their roles in the murder of year-old Martre Lamonte Coles. Denise Gay, 49, was sentenced to life in prison. Denise Gay, 49, was sentenced to life in prison, while her daughter, LaToya Gay, 23, was sentenced to 30 years in prison in connection to the killing. LaToya was sentenced to 20 years for first-degree murder and 10 years for conspiracy to commit murder.
Murder of Martre Coles by Denise Gay examined on Twisted
Denise Gay's first trial resulted in a conviction of conspiracy to commit murder, but the jury was hung on the actual first-degree murder charge. Prosecutors retold jurors their chilling account of the homicide on Thursday, in front of the actual gray bin in which Coles' body had been discarded. Attorneys said that Denise and Latoya Gay drugged Martre before he began work on creating a plaster. After Martre lost his mother in , his father, Maurice, started dating his co-worker, Denise Gay. A few years later, things were looking up for him when he heard back from a university in Florida regarding his application to their art school.
Mother and daughter sentenced for roles in killing of teen
Denise Gay is serving a life sentence for killing her boyfriend’s son. Pic credit: Henrico County Sheriff’s Office Twisted Cover Up on ID is investigating the murder of teenager Martre Coles, who was killed by his father’s girlfriend, Denise Gay, and her daughter LaToya Gay, in Highland Springs, a suburb of Richmond, Virginia. According to court documents Denise Gay was dating the father of Martre Coles. There was some tension in the household between nineteen year old Martre Coles and the thirteen year old child of Denise.
Henrico woman gets life sentence and her daughter gets 30
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports year-old Denise Gay was sentenced Tuesday in the death of Martre Coles. Gay’s daughter, year-old LaToya Shantice Gay, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for her role in the crime. Coles was found in a plastic storage bin in Henrico, Virginia, in April . Denise Gay Kill Boyfriend's Teen Son Martre Coles
Denise Gay and her daughter, Latoya Gay, are now charged with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. “It was betrayal,” the victim’s sister, Michelle Coles, told 8News. .
Henrico woman gets life in prison for murder of boyfriend's
A Henrico County woman convicted of murdering her boyfriend’s year-old son has been sentenced to life in prison, while her daughter was ordered to serve 30 years behind bars for. .