PARIS — An Auburn man has asked a court to block a request by the mother of a Turner teen killed in a hit-and-run crash two years ago that would secure his property in the event she prevails in a lawsuit. In court filings, attorneys for Bert Johnson, 43, asked an Oxford County Superior Court judge […]
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Mother of Turner teen killed in hit-and-run files lawsuit against former suspect
PARIS — The mother of a Turner teenager killed two years ago in a hit-and-run incident in Paris is suing an Auburn man who had been a suspect but was never charged. Sheila Cole, mother of 16-year-old Xavier Fuentes, filed a complaint in Oxford County Superior Court in February against Bert “Jay” O. Johnson, 43, […]
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Prosecutors to review new info in Xavier Fuentes hit-and-run death
PARIS — New evidence into last year’s hit-and-run death of 16-year-old Xavier Fuentes will be reviewed by prosecutors, authorities said Tuesday. Acting Paris Police Chief Jeffrey Lange said Tuesday that the Oxford County assistant district attorney’s office had not determined whether the case would be presented to a grand jury. “We did the investigation as […]
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D. Prince: Evidence hasn’t been analyzed
Recent news reports included something troubling (as if that were a surprise). There was an update on the unsolved hit and run death of a teenager from Turner one year ago. DNA evidence was collected from several suspect vehicles and sits in the State Police Crime Lab. It has not been analyzed yet and it […]
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Paris hit-and-run death remains unsolved a year later
PARIS — A year ago Sunday, 16-year old high school student Xavier Fuentes was struck and killed walking home from the movies in a hit-and-run incident, which his mother, Sheila Cole, thinks of daily. “It’s been the longest year of my life,” Cole said. “At the same time, it’s gone by so fast. You try to […]
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Nine months later, parents cope with the grief of losing son in unsolved hit-and-run
OXFORD — In a video that evokes memories for Sheila and Ron Cole, their son, Xavier Fuentes, is trying to swallow cough medicine when his sister picks up a bottle of liquid chocolate and sprays it down his throat. “That’s the atmosphere our family had,” Ron Cole said. Fuentes, 16, was killed in […]