At worst, the year-old weight lifter was a sadistic bully, alleged to have sicced an attack dog on his best buddy and sexually assaulted two other friends. They recruited four more people to assist in a crime that became the subject of a Forensic Files episode as well as a paperback and a movie. The tale of the seven middle-class Floridians ages 18 to 20 who assassinated Bobby Kent in a remote Broward County spot near the Everglades on July 14, , still fascinates the public.
Having served six years of a year sentence later reduced to 17 years in a minimum security facility, she is free and now calls herself Alice. After moving to Palm Bay, Florida, she picked up a charge for retail theft in A year earlier, she appeared on a Dr. Drew show , where she was introduced as the mother of four children.
The Sun Sentinel reported in early that she lives with her husband and kids in Melbourne, Florida. Connelly served 11 years, part of it in community custody, meaning she stayed outside of prison at times but was monitored.
She exited jail for good in Lisa lives in Pennsylvania with a daughter from her relationship with Marty Puccio and a younger son, according to the Sun Sentinel. After having trouble landing jobs because of her record, Lisa turned to self-employment, becoming a certified optician and running a cleaning business, according to a Sun Sentinel story.
She has kept a low-profile since her release, and appeared in shadow during an American Justice interview. He is serving his life sentence with no mention of parole eligibility. According to a Sun Sentinel piece, Donald has accrued 20 infractions in prison, including possessing a weapon and drug and alcohol use.
Appearance: 6-feet, pounds, green eyes. Status: Released. He testified against the others in a plea deal and served six years in minimum security. He lives in Missouri as a single father of one, according to the Sun Sentinel. He reportedly got involved in the murder plot because he liked hanging around with impressionable teenagers.
He told the conspirators that he belonged to the Mafia and would provide a gun. Instead, he produced a bat. Friend of a friend. Heather got a light sentence by pleading guilty to second-degree murder and testifying against the other conspirators. She served 5 years in minimum security and lives in Georgia with her children, according to the Sun Sentinel. Although she was present during the murder, it sounds as though she had the smallest role in it out of the seven.
Until next time, cheers. Watch the Forensic Files episode on Daily Motion. Peter Dean did an earnest job of it, but no one can replace the assuring voice of Peter Thomas. Plus, watching the episode kind of felt like cheating on him. The episode details how seven young people from respectable families conspired to kill year-old Bobby Kent. Once she did that, the murder would commence. Swallers asked Kent if the canal had any alligators and Kent sarcastically told her she should go skinny dipping and find out for herself.
Almost immediately after, Donny Semenec charged Kent and stabbed him from behind in his neck. Kent whirled around and called out to Puccio for help. Puccio then stabbed him in the abdomen, and when Kent tried to flee, Semenec, Kaufman, and Puccio tackled him and stabbed and beat him.
Several times during the murder, Kent pleaded and begged Puccio for mercy, telling his friend "I'm sorry! Marty, whatever I did, I'm sorry! Kaufman delivered the final blow with a weighted baseball bat to the head.
Kent's body was then dumped into a canal, according to the court report, by Kaufman and Puccio. Dzvirko was also the one who led Det. The extent of Puccio's culpability in the death of Kent is still vehemently disputed today.
Lisa Marie Connelly born July 31, : Marty's girlfriend. Was angry at Kent for beating and bullying Marty as well as allegedly raping her best friend, Ali Willis. Allegedly involved in a teenage prostitution ring prior to Kent's murder.
Donald Roth Donny Semenec Jr. Habitual drug user. Supposedly helped in the murder because he was angry at Kent for raping his girlfriend. Struck the first blow on Kent. Murder occurred on his 18th birthday. Derek Leon Kaufman born May 8, : Self-proclaimed mafia hitman who the group enlisted to plan Kent's murder.
Had no association to any of the other conspirators prior to this. Was actually the leader of a gang of youths years younger than he was, who committed petty crimes such as theft.
Derek George Dzvirko born November 11, : Connelly's cousin who was enlisted for extra help by Connelly. Played a minor role in the murder, borrowed one of the baseball bats used to kill Kent from a friend.
Along with Swallers, was offered and accepted a plea bargain in exchange for testimony that would help convict others in the group. The two were originally promised the same prison sentence.
However, Dzvirko got four extra years for attempting to lie on the witness stand. Heather June Swallers born May 24, : Previous friend of Willis who had just gotten out of drug rehab. The member of the group deemed by the State of Florida to be the least culpable for Kent's murder. Had no participation in the murder itself and ran and hid in Willis' car once it started. Cut the same plea bargain as Dzvirko did and got the promised sentence because unlike him, she did not lie during her testimony.
Puccio was portrayed by Brad Renfro in the film. Childhood and teenage years Bobby Kent was, by many accounts, a popular, athletic boy. He earned a decent grade point average in school and played sports. His parents, Fred and Farah Kent, had high aspirations for him; Fred was self-employed as a stockbroker, and had plans to set his son up running his own business once he graduated from college. Kent, who was an avid car stereo enthusiast and had his own vehicle sound system that was worth several thousand dollars, had told his father that was the type of business he would like to get into.
According to Tim Donnelley, who tried all the conspirators for his murder, one attorney described Kent as "very Eddie Haskell like. Adults saw him one way polite and charming while the kids saw him a completely different way.
He is an Italian-American and was raised Roman Catholic. She has kept a low-profile since her release, and appeared in shadow during an American Justice interview.
He is serving his life sentence with no mention of parole eligibility. According to a Sun Sentinel piece, Donald has accrued 20 infractions in prison, including possessing a weapon and drug and alcohol use.
Appearance: 6-feet, pounds, green eyes. Status: Released. He testified against the others in a plea deal and served six years in minimum security.
He lives in Missouri as a single father of one, according to the Sun Sentinel. He reportedly got involved in the murder plot because he liked hanging around with impressionable teenagers. He told the conspirators that he belonged to the Mafia and would provide a gun. Instead, he produced a bat.
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