It was then, prosecutors said, that he sexually assaulted and strangled the girl. Wiley took 9-year-old Felecia Williams from her home to Ritchie's apartment the day the girl went missing. Family friend Eboni Wiley brought Williams to Ritchie’s apartment on May 16, 2014. An investigation revealed family friend Eboni Wiley brought Williams to Ritchie’s apartment on May 16, 2014. Brunvand suggested someone else killed 9-year-old Felicia Williams. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/grieving-dad-forgives-man-who-22674312 “You described it as Satan trying to get into your mind,” Brunvand said. While there, he asked Wiley to leave to go buy marijuana. Wiley lived in the girl’s east Tampa neighborhood and considered herself like a mother to her. Wiley went to buy marijuana – and Ritchie then strangled and assaulted the nine-year-old, prosecutors claimed. During that interview, Ritchie mentioned something about Felecia committing a sex act, and spoke of what happens to people who molest children in his native island of Jamaica: “They throw them in. Wiley wore a black blouse to court Tuesday, a contrast to the bright colors she had donned the day before. Wiley was the state's star witness and FOX 13 has learned she has been offered a sweetheart deal by the Hillsborough State Attorney's … “Think about how deliberate that is,” Harmon said. “You all have to control that.”. In walked Felecia Demerson and Jerome Williams, the parents of Felecia Williams. Prosecutors say Eboni had fallen head over heels for a man named Granville Ritchie. The prosecution is seeking the death penalty. But when a prosecutor questioned her again, she made clear that the state had made no promises of leniency in exchange for her testimony against Ritchie. Yes, I was on drugs.”. Oct 2, 2019 - Granville Ritchie Trial Day 3 Witness Eboni Wiley Part 3 #GranvilleRitchieTrial It’s the fear that comes from the heart and mind of a child.". Granville Ritchie Trial Defense Opening Statement. Ritchie would end up raping and killing Felecia, and Wiley helped cover it up. Ritchie, 40, sat at the end of a defense table and showed no reaction as the verdict was read. Defense attorney Bjorn Brunvand sits at left. Defense had saved their openings until they started their case. They met Ritchie, who drove them to his mother’s apartment. Detectives believe Ritchie and his girlfriend, Eboni Wiley, a family friend of William’s Mom, picked up the little girl the day of her murder. She lied to Felecia Williams’s mother, and to the police, when she first described the circumstances of the 9-year-old girl’s disappearance in May 2014. Prosecutors theorized that Ritchie concealed Felecia’s body in a suitcase and later that night drove to the Courtney Campbell Causeway, where he dumped her, nude, into the bay. 40-year-old Granville Ritchie was convicted of first-degree murder, sexual beating and aggravating child abuse. Now it must decide if Ritchie should be put to death for his crimes. Wiley allegedly left Williams alone with Ritchie at Ritchie’s mother’s apartment while she bought marijuana. Some jurors closed their eyes. “Every second of those minutes is a second that this defendant could have stopped, a second this defendant could have used mercy.”. TAMPA, Fla. - Eboni Wiley and Granville Ritchie had known each other for only three days when Wiley decided to leave 9-year-old Felecia Williams in his care while she went out to buy drugs. Ritchie, 41, was dating 9-year-old Felecia Williams' neighbour, Eboni Wiley, in May 2014, prosecutors said. TAMPA — It’s been six years since Eboni Wiley lied to Felecia Wiliams’ family — and the police — about the circumstances of the 9-year-old girl’s disappearance. “I told a lot of stories,” Wiley said. After more than a week of testimony, the panel of seven women and five men spent four hours deliberating before finding Ritchie guilty of first-degree murder, sexual battery and aggravated child abuse in the 2014 death of the Tampa girl. Eboni Wiley prepares to testify during Granville Ritchie's murder trial Monday. Those same jurors will now have to decide whether Ritchie should die for his crimes. On May 16, 2014, Wiley said she picked up Williams and took her to her new boyfriend Granville Ritchie's apartment. Ritchie, 40, is charged with murder, sexual battery and child abuse in the death of Felecia Williams on May 16, 2014. Behind them was Wiley’s sister along with her mother, Sabrina Teel. ... Eboni Wiley lived nearby. Prosecutor Scott Harmon says Ritchie asked Wiley to go buy him drugs, leaving him alone with Felecia. Harmon pointed to the testimony of a doctor, who said that it would have taken about two minutes of consistent pressure to her neck for Felecia to die. You didn’t call 911. She said she left Williams alone with Ritchie even though she’d only met him a few days prior. When a call taker answered, there was only a low indecipherable noise. At Eboni Wiley's sentencing, no face covering could hide the disdain Felecia's grandmother, Brenda Johnson, harbored for Wiley. RELATED STORY: Jurors in Tampa murder trial confront ultimate question: Could they impose death penalty? She said she hopes the charge can be dropped. His trial is set for Sept. 9. Ritchie was found guilty last year of first-degree murder, sexual battery, and aggravated child abuse. Yes, I lied. Wiley was the state's star witness and FOX 13 has learned she has been offered a sweetheart deal by the Hillsborough State Attorney's … She said she left the girl at the apartment alone with Ritchie … Investigators said a family friend, Eboni Wiley, brought the girl to Ritchie’s Temple Terrace home on May 16, 2014, and left her there while she went to buy marijuana. He noted that Wiley admitted she took an Ecstasy pill when she was at the apartment, and that when she had previously ingested the drug, she spoke of “Satan trapped in her mind.”, RELATED STORY: Defense casts doubt as Granville Ritchie trial winds down. Prosecutors said Ritchie had been dating Felecia's neighbor, Eboni Wiley, in May 2014. RELATED STORY: Jury in Granville Ritchie’s murder trial hears his account of girl’s disappearance. The call must have been made by Felecia, the state theorized, at the time she would have been alone with Ritchie. At Eboni Wiley's sentencing, no face covering could hide the disdain Felecia's grandmother, Brenda Johnson, harbored for Wiley. The truth, Wiley said, is that she left Felecia with Ritchie in his apartment to go buy marijuana. TAMPA, Fla. - Eboni Wiley and Granville Ritchie had known each other for only three days when Wiley decided to leave 9-year-old Felecia Williams in his care while she went out to buy drugs. “It’s an opportunity to exhale,” he said. There was the telltale mangrove leaf found lodged in the headlight of the silver Lexus that Ritchie drove, similar to vegetation in the area where the body was found. During Wiley’s testimony Tuesday, jurors were ushered out of the courtroom as Circuit Judge Michelle Sisco inquired about a disturbance in the hallway outside. Prosecutors also used key witnesses to poke holes in Ritchie's alibi for the night the 9-year-old disappeared. Wiley also doesn’t deny she has taken drugs and was under the influence of MDMA — commonly known as ecstasy or molly — on the night the girl vanished. There were also Ritchie’s cell phone records, which put him the vicinity of the Causeway later that night. Wiley acknowledged that she still faces a charge of lying during a missing person investigation, a crime for which she could receive as much as five years in prison. “As a result of you lying to all these people, they believed you?” attorney Brunvand asked. ... Eboni Wiley lived nearby. Granville Ritchie accused of raping, killing Felecia Williams in 2014 Opening Statements Set for Friday in Granville Ritchie Murder Trial Previous stories on 2014 murder case An investigation found Ritchie was dating the family's neighbour, Eboni Wiley, in May 2014, prosecutors said. “We’re going to do the best we can to try to save his life,” Brunvand said afterward. Ritchie, 41, was dating 9-year-old Felecia Williams’ neighbor, Eboni Wiley, in May 2014, prosecutors said. On Monday, Wiley took the witness stand and told the jury how she was smitten with the man she knew as Trevor. Ritchie even gave Wiley his mother’s phone number and Wiley talked to her, she said, to get her to back up the story. Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren, who has acknowledged the inequities of the death penalty, said the Ritchie case is one of the few that merits the harshest sentence allowed by Florida law. As it got late, they agreed they needed to lie. "Y'all murdered my baby. If Ritchie is found guilty, prosecutors will ask the jury to sentence him to death. To prosecutors, Wiley is the star witness who can point the finger at Ritchie for the murder of 9-year-old Felecia Williams. The three went to Ritchie's apartment at … Ritchie, 41, was dating 9-year-old Felecia Williams’ neighbor, Eboni Wiley, in May 2014, prosecutors said. Defense had saved their openings until they started their case. When Wiley returned to the apartment she told the jury she found Ritchie shirtless and sweating. Granville Ritchie was found guilty of the rape ... Ritchie, 41, was dating 9-year-old Felecia Williams' neighbour, Eboni Wiley, in May 2014, prosecutors said. Eboni Wiley, who was supposed to be watching Williams the day she was killed, took the stand again today. RELATED STORY: ‘He sold me a dream.’ Ex-girlfriend links Granville Ritchie to 9-year-old murder victim. Wiley allegedly left Williams alone with Ritchie at Ritchie’s mother’s apartment while she bought marijuana. Wiley took 9-year-old Felecia Williams from her home to Ritchie's apartment the day the girl went missing. A year after his trial, Granville Ritchie has been sentenced to death for the 2014 murder of 9-year-old Felecia Williams. She was 23. An investigation found Ritchie was dating the family's neighbour, Eboni Wiley, in May 2014, prosecutors said. There was Wiley’s testimony that when she returned to the apartment, Ritchie said he’d given the girl money to buy candy at a nearby CVS store and she had not come back. She met Ritchie a few days before the girl’s death. Why didn’t you call 911 when my baby was missing," cried out Johnson. Temple Terrace Police Chief Kenneth Albano, left, and Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren talk to reporters Wednesday after the guilty verdicts were read aloud in the trial of Granville Ritchie at the Hillsborough County Courthouse Annex. On the day she vanished, Felecia left home with Wiley. They say the day of the murder, Ritchie picked up Eboni and Felecia. Wiley would say she had taken a shower in the apartment and that when she came out, Felecia was gone. A family friend, Eboni Wiley, had brought Felecia to her acquaintance Granville Ritchie's house and left her there while Wiley went to buy cannabis. Moments later, his attorney, Bjorn Brunvand knelt beside him, draped an arm over his shoulders and spoke softly. She said they’d had sex in the shower while the girl watched cartoons in the living room. In an interview with detectives, Ritchie repeated what Wiley described as a lie they cooked up to explain Felecia’s disappearance — that the girl had run off while he and Wiley were having sex in a bedroom. Ex-girlfriend links Granville Ritchie to 9-year-old murder victim. He invited the jurors to consider just half that time. But that alone, the defense attorney noted, does not prove that Ritchie killed her. Granville Ritchie, 40, is accused in the May 2014 killing of 9-year-old Felecia Williams. Hyde Park to Tampa: Leave our brick streets alone. Felecia’s body was found floating amid the rocks and mangroves off the Courtney Campbell Causeway. Wiley reportedly returned 50 minutes later and Williams was nowhere to be found. I can admit that. Wiley, who was a family friend and self-proclaimed "God Mother" of … Brunvand, however, acknowledged one the strongest pieces of the state’s evidence: data from Ritchie’s cell phone showing him in the area of the causeway hours after the girl was last seen. Teel told the judge Demerson had accosted her outside near a vending machine. Why didn’t you call 911 when my baby was missing," cried out Johnson. Surveillance images captured Wiley entering the store alone at 5:40 p.m. to ask a clerk if a girl had been there. Williams and the adult she was with, Eboni Wiley, were picked up around 3:30 p.m. May 16 by Ritchie, according to police. Albano, whose agency investigated the 9-year-old’s murder, said he felt a responsibility to see the case through. You didn’t call 911. Eboni Wiley prepares to testify during Granville Ritchie's murder trial Monday. She warned that if there were any further disturbance, she could have people removed from the courthouse. On the stand, she wept and raised her voice at times as defense attorney Bjorn Brunvand picked away at the lies she admitted having told in the past. The public defender who represents her watched from the courtroom gallery. RELATED STORY: ‘She was looking into the face of her killer:’ Trial opens in slaying of girl, 9. The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Last month, Granville Ritchie was sentenced to death for William's murder nearly a year after he was found guilty. Wiley says she … TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A jury has found Granville Ritchie guilty on all charges in the death of 9-year-old Felecia Williams. So can the jury in Granville Ritchie’s murder trial believe her now? Wiley went to buy marijuana – and Ritchie then strangled and assaulted the nine-year-old, prosecutors claimed. Ritchie was found guilty of first-degree murder, sexual battery, and aggravated child abuse in the 2014 death of 9-year-old Felecia Williams. She only told the truth, she said, after learning that the girl had been found dead. But the key witness Monday was Eboni Wiley, the woman who was supposed to be taking care of Felicia the day she disappeared. She was 23. She admitted as much during Ritchie… Brunvand also asked Wiley about her history with drugs. Prosecutors said Ritchie had been dating Felecia's neighbor, Eboni Wiley, in May 2014. A Florida man was convicted of raping and killing a 9-year-old girl. Jurors in Tampa murder trial confront ultimate question: Could they impose death penalty? In October, Wiley pleaded guilty to lying to police during the murder investigation of the nine-year-old. ", RELATED STORY: Girlfriend testifies in trial of Granville Ritchie, accused in slaying of girl, 9. From left to right: Jerome Williams, father of 9-year-old victim Felecia Williams; mother Felecia Demerson; and Temple Terrace Police Chief Kenneth Albano lock arms and hold hands before the verdict was read aloud Wednesday in the murder trial of Granville Ritchie. Then, she and Ritchie drank Hennessy cognac and had sex on the living room floor. His trial is set for Sept. 9. Defendant Granville Ritchie is taken out of the courtroom after closing arguments Wednesday in his trial at the Hillsborough County Courthouse Annex. Eboni Wiley admitted that she lied to police during an investigation of the 2014 disappearance of 9-year-old Felecia Williams, who had been murdered. For 60 seconds, there was silence. No signs of a struggle. Ritchie told Wiley to say she had brought the girl to the apartment and that a woman named Vivian — Ritchie’s mother — was there. ‘He sold me a dream.’ Ex-girlfriend links Granville Ritchie to 9-year-old murder victim, ‘She was looking into the face of her killer:’ Trial opens in slaying of girl, 9. Felecia Williams, nine, had been left in the care of her mum's neighbour Eboni Wiley in May 2014. In October, Wiley pleaded guilty to lying to police during the murder investigation of the nine-year-old. Oct 1, 2019 - Granville Ritchie Trial Day 2 Witness Eboni Wiley Part 2 091619 #GranvilleRitchieTrial The call is significant because it was made at about the time that Wiley’s grandfather and a friend testified that they were helping her purchase marijuana. Williams was left in the care of Eboni Wiley, a neighbor and family friend who had met Ritchie a few days earlier. The sentencing phase will start when court resumes Thursday, and prosecutors will ask the same panel to impose the death penalty. The prosecutor highlighted the power that the girl’s killer must have had, the force he must have inflicted. When Wiley came back to the apartment, she said, she prayed in a bedroom. In his closing statement Wednesday, defense attorney Bjorn Brunvand asks jurors to find Granville Ritchie not guilty. Ritchie was a stranger to Felecia, but they both knew Eboni Wiley. “So you’re pretty good at it?” the attorney asked. On the stand, she admitted … The duo were watching the girl one day, and Ritchie took Felecia to his mother's apartment, the Associated Press reported. “Could you hear the fear? Wiley eventually told police she’d been with a man. Eboni Wiley and Granville Ritchie had known each other for only three days when Wiley decided to leave 9-year-old Felicia Williams. She came back to find her gone. Eboni Wiley and Granville Ritchie had known each other for only three days when Wiley decided to leave 9-year-old Felicia Williams. "Y'all murdered my baby. In his closing argument earlier Wednesday, Hillsborough Assistant State Attorney Scott Harmon played a recording of a 911 call that came from Ritchie’s cell phone minutes after 5 p.m. on May 16, 2014. But she was sexually assaulted and strangled by Wiley's boyfriend Granville Ritchie when she left them alone to go out and buy marijuana. A Temple Terrace police officer was sent to the area of the Doral Oaks apartment complex to investigate, but did not have an exact address for the call. He suggested that it was reasonable for them to conclude that Wiley could have killed the girl instead of Ritchie. Granville Ritchie Trial Day 2 Witnesses Alyson Rivers, Thomas Ross, Kelly Walker & Eboni Wiley #GranvilleRitchieTrial TAMPA — Eboni Wiley doesn’t deny that she lied. The three had lunch and then went to an apartment in Temple Terrace. One witness was Eboni Wiley, the woman who was supposed to be taking care of Williams that day. The officer left after seeing no signs of an emergency. He then put her body in a suitcase and threw it in to Tampa harbour, Florida. One witness was Eboni Wiley, who was supposed to be taking care of Williams that day. She was a neighbor and friend to Felecia’s family and considered herself the girl’s godmother. One witness was Eboni Wiley, who was supposed to be taking care of Williams that day. Investigators said a family friend, Eboni Wiley, brought the girl to Ritchie’s Temple Terrace home on May 16, 2014, and left her there while she went to buy marijuana. No hairs or fibers. Prosecutors said Ritchie had been dating Felecia's neighbor, Eboni Wiley, in May 2014. But it’s not over yet. Brunvand gave the defense’s closing and his last words to the jury highlighted several weaknesses in the state’s case. A Hillsborough County jury found him guilty of all charges. Prosecutors said Ritchie had been dating Felecia's neighbor, Eboni Wiley, in May 2014. The duo were watching the girl one day, and Ritchie took Felecia to his mother's apartment, the Associated Press reported. She declined to comment afterward. On Tuesday morning, Ritchie’s defense attorney tried to cast doubt on Wiley’s credibility as she told a jury what she said was the truth. The jury found him guilty of first-degree murder, sexual battery, and aggravated child abuse in Felecia's 2014 death. “I understand that emotions are running high,” Sisco said. RELATED STORY: ‘He sold me a dream.’ Ex-girlfriend links Granville Ritchie to 9-year-old murder victim. She said Ritchie claimed he had given Felecia money to buy candy at a nearby CVS store and she had not returned. Ritchie would end up raping and killing Felecia, and Wiley helped cover it up. Ritchie was a stranger to Felecia, but they both knew Eboni Wiley. A year after his trial, Granville Ritchie has been sentenced to death for the 2014 murder of 9-year-old Felecia Williams. The lie later changed. TAMPA — Granville Ritchie raped and murdered 9-year-old Felecia Williams, a jury decided Wednesday afternoon. Then they came out to find her gone. There is no DNA evidence linking Ritchie to the crime. The jury convicted him in the 2014 rape and murder of 9-year-old Felecia Williams. “I was so high,” Wiley said, her voice rising, “I felt like I needed to be protected.”. Specifically, he brought up a 2012 incident in which she called police because she was having a “bad trip” after taking MDMA. Skimming over more than a week of testimony, Harmon walked the jury through a conglomeration of circumstantial evidence, which he said paints a “mosaic of guilt.”. Williams was left in the care of Eboni Wiley, a neighbor and family friend who had met Ritchie a few days earlier. So Granville is cheating on Eboni with little kids, multiple times, and no one knows. She also recounted the day Felecia vanished, when she and Ritchie picked up the girl and took her to Ritchie’s Temple Terrace apartment. Jury in Granville Ritchie’s murder trial hears his account of girl’s disappearance, Girlfriend testifies in trial of Granville Ritchie, accused in slaying of girl, 9, Defense casts doubt as Granville Ritchie trial winds down, School resource officer fired after arresting two 6-year-olds. RELATED: Granville Ritchie found guilty of first-degree murder, sexual battery in Tampa 9-year-old's death. (CMR) Despite his lawyer arguing that his violent upbringing in Kingston, Jamaica should be taken into consideration, a Florida judge gave Granville Ritchie the death sentence for raping and killing a 9-year-old girl. The girl’s mother, Felecia Demerson, held hands with Temple Terrace Police Chief Kenneth Albano as the jury’s decision was read aloud. Granville Ritchie, 40, is accused in the May 2014 killing of 9-year-old Felecia Williams. “It’s only a couple seconds long, but could you hear it?” Harmon asked the jury. Granville Ritchie Trial Defense Opening Statement. But the judge wasn’t concerned about details. And there was the sand found on the passenger-side floorboard and in the lining of the car’s trunk, which an expert said was consistent with the sand near where Felecia was found. ‘He sold me a dream.’ Ex-girlfriend links Granville Ritchie to 9-year-old murder victim. She admitted as much during Ritchie’s trial. TAMPA, Fla. (FOX 13) - The state's key witness was back on the stand Tuesday for a second day in the murder trial of Granville Ritchie. Ritchie was actually caught and jailed on drug chrages before authorities put all of the details together. She said she left Williams alone with Ritchie even though she’d only met him a few days prior. 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