On January 28, 1985 Youmans deposited the lifeless body of Beverly Louise Feight, 26, in a wooded area in the 4000 block of Westchester Road. Feight had been kidnapped, assaulted, robbed, raped and stabbed. She was last seen by her family the day before when she left for her shift at University Hospital as a nurse. Hospital officials contacted her family when she failed to show up to work.Assistant State’s Attorney and Forensic Sciences Director Sharon Holback prosecuted this case.
DNA samples taken from the crime scene were entered into the statewide database in 2002 and 2004 and on October 13, 2006 a match was made to Youmans, an inmate in DOC custody serving a 40-year prison term from a 1985 rape conviction in Baltimore City. Police obtained a search and seizure warrant for Youmans’ blood and on October 24, 2006 a sample of his blood was drawn. On December 5, 2006 the Police Crime Lab informed detectives that this sample matched the crime scene evidence and Youmans was arrested.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
25 years for 1985 Robbery, Rape and Murder of Nurse
At a hearing today, Orrell Youmans, 51, of the Division of Correction (DOC) pled guilty to second-degree murder, carrying a deadly weapon and first-degree sex offense. Judge Gale E. Rasin sentenced Youmans to 40 years in prison suspending all but 25 years and five years probation and imposed the sentence consecutive to 1985 rape conviction and sentence. Details:
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25 years for rape & murder when there's DNA evidence showing the guy did it? WTF! In the county this would be a capital case!
James Brochin wants to stop felons from receiving victim assistance money, and the usual thug-huggers like Lisa Gladden & Brian Frosh are of course doing all they can to protect criminals. There really should be a rule that bars defense lawyers like Gladden & Frosh from sitting on the Judicial Proceedings committee.
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