‘Evil’ killer gets death sentence plus 85 to 170 years

Judge sought assurance that murderer would never ‘walk among us’ By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Laquanta Chapman, 33, of Coatesville, received a death-penalty sentence for the 2004 murder of Aaron Turner, a 16-year-old neighbor. “You are evil and not fit to walk among us; that’s all I have to say,” a Chester County judge told a teen’s killer before imposing a...

Coatesville murderer gets rare death sentence

Jury imposed penalty for fatal shooting, dismemberment of 16-year-old By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Laquanta Chapman received the death penalty for the murder of Aaron Turner. The Coatesville man convicted last week of fatally shooting his 16-year-old neighbor, dismembering the body with a chainsaw, and stuffing the carnage into garbage bags, remained impassive as he was sentenced...