A chilly case from 1990 that left a brother and sister lifeless has lastly come to a detailed because the suspect was captured. Not solely was he apprehended, however a Georgia jury simply reached a verdict in his case.
Kenneth Perry was discovered responsible within the homicide of siblings John and Pamela Sumpter who have been discovered lifeless in a DeKalb County house the evening of July 15, 1990. Police declare John was killed that evening. They stated Pamela was sexually assaulted and stabbed however escaped Perry’s grasp in time to name police earlier than she died weeks later. DeKalb County Police Division stored her rape package. Nevertheless, they by no means discovered whose DNA was on these samples, inflicting the case to go chilly.
Nevertheless, in 2024, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation despatched the DNA to be examined once more with forensic genetic family tree, discovering a match to Perry who was subsequently arrested in connection to the crime, per the Atlanta Journal-Structure. He was discovered only a county over from the place the siblings have been discovered lifeless.
Perry was charged with two counts of malice homicide, two counts of felony homicide, one depend of rape, 4 counts of aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated battery, one depend for possession of a knife, one depend of possession of a knife through the fee of a felony and one depend of theft by taking.
Boldly, he took the stand throughout his trial, arguing that he was drugged and sexually assaulted on the house whereas the Sumpters have been current, per WSB-TV. He additionally claimed one other man was there armed with a knife. He stated after he fled the house, all three people have been alive. Nevertheless, he by no means advised the police of the incident, the report stated.
After two hours of deliberation and 35 years of the Sumpter household awaiting justice, the jury discovered Perry responsible of all fees on Tuesday, March 11.
“Whereas we’re glad… make no mistake this verdict was not only for me or my workplace, the jury’s verdict at the moment was for Pamela, John and your complete Sumpter household,” stated DeKalb County District Legal professional Sherry Boston throughout a press convention Tuesday afternoon. “A household that has waited many years for his or her family members assassin to be delivered to justice.”