CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Jurors who took six hours to convict a Cleveland man last week of abducting, raping and killing a 14-year-old girl have now decided he should be executed. After another five hours of deliberations, the same jury voted unanimously Friday Christopher Whitaker should receive the death penalty for the murder of Alianna DeFreeze. He […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – It took a jury less than six hours to reach a verdict in the trial of Christopher Whitaker, the man accused of killing 14-year-old Alianna DeFreeze in January 2017. We are not permitted to live stream in the courtroom today, but will keep you updated in a live blog here: 11:50 Judge […]
An arrest has been made in connection with the death of a Cleveland teen. Christopher Whitaker, 44, was arrested Thursday in Mayfield Heights. Alianna DeFreeze, 14, was found dead in an abandon home on Cleveland’s east side earlier this week. “We need to make sure (Whitaker) never walks our streets again,” said Cleveland police chief […]