Justice served: Man convicted of brutal homicide of Trinidadian mom in Florida

4 years after the homicide of Kiara Alleyne, a mom from Trinidad and Tobago residing within the US, her household and pals lastly really feel a way of justice. 

On July 7, 2023, Alleyne’s boyfriend, Deangelo Clark, was discovered responsible of the crime which occurred on September 11, 2019.

Alleyne, 20, was found murdered in her Ocala, Florida residence. 

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Studies are that upon investigation, Marion County detectives discovered her lifeless physique on the bed room ground. 

Chilling proof and determined pleas

Including to the tragedy, Clark’s actions moments earlier than Alleyne’s dying supplied chilling proof. He took to Fb to precise his frustration and provide an apology for what he had simply performed to Alleyne. 

Sadly, she succumbed to a number of stab wounds, as revealed by the post-mortem.

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The extent of the horror was additional amplified by the truth that Clark video-called Alleyne’s father, Sheldon, on FaceTime throughout the homicide. 

Sheldon witnessed his daughter bleeding and heard her determined cries for assist, as she exclaimed, “He has the knife.”

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Clark’s escape and apprehension

Following the crime, Clark fled the scene with their one-year-old daughter.

An alert was issued by the police. The kid was discovered unhurt with a member of the family. The kid is now below the care of Sheldon Alleyne.

Clark was ultimately apprehended in Monroe County after evading authorities in Florida Keys. 

Throughout his escape, he set fireplace to the automobile he was in, leading to extreme burns that required hospital remedy. He confronted fees of second-degree homicide and tried arson of a dwelling or construction.

Clark made his preliminary look on the Marion County Courtroom on October 8, 2019, the place he pleaded not responsible and requested a jury trial.

Initially scheduled for April 2023, the trial was delayed till July. On July 3, the jury was chosen, and the trial commenced on July 5.

Represented by lawyer Amanda Sizemore, Clark’s protection tried to argue that Alleyne’s dying was a suicide. Nonetheless, on Friday, July 7, the presiding decide, Robert William Hodges, introduced that the jury had discovered Clark responsible on each counts.

Remembering Miya Marcano

Florida was shaken by one other homicide case involving a Trinidadian. In 2021, Floridians have been rocked by the killing of school scholar Miya Marcano, who was reported lacking

Studies are {that a} upkeep employee who entered Marcano’s residence unauthorized the day she disappeared was the prime suspect.

He later killed himself .

Orange County Sheriff John Mina mentioned that authorities discovered Marcano’s physique in a wooded space close to an residence constructing.

Authorities mentioned the 19-year-old disappeared on the identical day a upkeep man improperly used a grasp key to enter her residence.

Her household reported her lacking after she missed a flight residence to South Florida on September 24, 2021.

Miya is the daughter of common Trinidadian South Florida deejay, Marlon Marcano, often known as “DJ Everlasting Vibes”.

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