11-YEAR-OLD DIED DURING RAPE Norwich Man Gets 4 Years In Covering Up Girl’s Murder By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com NORWICH – When arrested after the slaying of Jacelyn O’Connor, 11, James Brower told police, “Just kill me.” Instead, Brower, accused of helping his boyfriend Tobias Rundstrom-Wooding rape and kill the Morris girl, will serve a maximum of four and half years after pleading guilty Friday to a felony count of first-degree hindering prosecution in Chenango County Court. According…
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20-To-Life Sentence In 11-Year-Old’s Death NORWICH – Tobias Rundstrom-Wooding, 34, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the 2017 rape and murder of 11-year-old Jacelyn O’Connor, Morris, at the trailer he shared with his boyfriend, James Brower, this afternoon in Chenango County court.…
Accused Killers Plead Not Guilty In Chenango County Courtroom NORWICH – James Brower and Tobias Rundstrom-Wooding, both accused of murdering 11-year old Jacelyn O’Connor, each entered “not guilty” pleas during their arraignments in Chenango County Court, according to WKTV. The two, who are a couple, allegedly smothered Jacelyn to death in the act of raping her in their home during the early morning hours of July 30. They were indicted in Chenango County Court last week.…
Jacelyn’s Mother Arrested On Bench Warrant From ’14 MORRIS – Mandy O’Connor Martinez, 38, birth mother of homicide victim Jacelyn O’Connor, 11, was arrested locally today on an active bench warrant for failing to appear in court on a petit larceny charge in December 2014, according to a press release from the Chenango County Sheriff’s Department.…
Morris Mourns…
IN MEMORIAM Jacelyn O’Connor, 11, Morris; Would Have Entered 6th Grade MORRIS – Jacelyn O’Connor of Morris went to meet the angels on July 30, 2017, at the age of 11 years old. She was born on April 6, 2006. She is survived by her loving mother, Rebecca Hamm of Morris, and several brothers and sisters: Rachael Edney, Shianne Hamm and Nick Hill, Devin O’Connor, Alex Gilbert, Wyatt Gilbert, DJ Fields and Lisa Van Why, Kareem Gale and Amanda Cruz, Khaliq…
SUSPECTS COUPLE, WKTV REPORTS DA: Others In House When Girl Murdered NORWICH – Other people were present in the house while Jacelyn D. O’Connor, 11, was allegedly raped and smothered, according to Chenango County District Attorney Joseph McBride. The names and ages of those present were not given during a hearing for Tobias Rundstrom-Wooding, 34, Norwich, where the DA charged him with murder in the first degree in O’Connor’s death and remanded without bail.The felony complaint lists him as “acting in concert…
2ND MAN CHARGED IN DEATH OF GIRL NORWICH – State troopers today arrested a second man in the death of an 11-year-old Morris girl Sunday in a Town of Norwich mobile home. Tobias Rundstrom-Wooding, 34, of Norwich, is the second person charged with first-degree murder in the death of Jacelyn D. O’Connor, state police reported in a press release today. A first suspect, James Brower, 36, has also been charged with murder in this case, and testimony at his hearing…
Details About Girl’s Death Emerge At Court Hearing NORWICH – In Norwich Town Court yesterday, Chenango County District Attorney Joseph McBride said Jacelyn D. O’Connor, 11, of Morris, was smothered with a pillow during Sunday’s alleged rape that led to her death, according to WKTV. In a subsequent press conference, he said the girl was half-sister of James Brower’s children; Brower, 36, Town of Norwich, is facing a first-degree murder charge in the girl’s death. CLICK HERE FOR WKTV’S FULL…
11-Year-Old Girl Died In Course Of Rape, Investigator Alleges NORWICH – The 11-year-old Morris girl stricken with cardiac arrest in a Town of Norwich home Sunday died “in the course and commission of rape in the first degree,” State Police Investigator Jamieson Tefft alleges in a felony complaint released today by Norwich Town Court. The suspect in the death of Jacelyn D. O’Connor of Morris, James S. Brower, 36, arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree murder, is due to appear…