WA: post-trial bombshell from juvenile murder co-D
From Grant County's Columbia Basin Herald:
Savoie's defense team says Eakin confessed to murdering companion
Defense attorneys for 15-year-old convicted murderer Evan Savoie claim the boy's teenage co-defendant and lifelong friend, Jake Eakin, mailed a jail-house letter to Savoie's mother last month, allegedly confessing he "killed Craig Sorger, not Evan..."
During Savoie's trial, Eakin, 15 of Moses Lake, testified as the state's star witness... On Thursday, Savoie's defense co-counsel Monty Hormel filed a motion for relief from the judgment and sentence, citing the "unsolicited letter" received by Savoie's mother, Holly Parent, in mid-July from Eakin...
In the one-pager letter, Eakin stated "the system" twisted his mind and forced him to testify against Savoie. He said it seemed "like if I didn't (testify) I would get more time..." Following sentencing, Savoie was transported to Green Hill School Juvenile Facility in Chehalis. Eakin is also serving time there...
First the testifying against the co-defendant phase, now the recanting phase. I don't know how this will play out, and this isn't the first murder case where this has come up, but it's the latest twist in a badly twisted story.
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You know Evan and Jake are in the same juvenile facility now. Having some inside knowledge of this case, I'm going to bet Evan has something to do with this letter being written by Jake.
And let's not forget that Evan's sweatshirt was so covered in blood that he took it off and put it in the lake. Jake has a mere speck of blood on his own clothing. His original confession is supported by the crime scene evidence.
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