The man convicted of kidnapping and killing Jassy Correia in February 2019 has been ordered to pay greater than $61,000 in restitution, with most of that meant for Correia’s younger baby who was left motherless.
A federal jury in Boston convicted Louis Coleman III in June of 2022 of kidnapping leading to Correia’s demise. U.S. Chief District Court Judge Dennis Saylor IV sentenced Coleman to life in jail with out the opportunity of parole.
That judgment was amended Friday to incorporate a complete of $61,362.68 in restitution. The bulk of that restitution, $50,000, is listed as payable to “Representative of the Estate of Jassy Correia, for benefit of her Minor Child.” Another $8,800 is earmarked for the Massachusetts Compensation Fund and the remaining $2,562.68 will go towards the Federal Crime Victims Fund.
Correia’s daughter was solely 2 years outdated on the time of Jassy’s demise.
Coleman’s protection attorneys Jane Peachy and David Hoose wrote a terse letter later within the day saying that they might attraction the amended judgment, as that they had appealed each his conviction and his sentence on Nov. 10, 2022.
“Defendant Louis D. Coleman, III, through counsel, respectfully appeals the Amended Judgement entered March 31, 2023, to the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit,” the protection attorneys’ Friday discover reads in full.
Correia went out late the evening of Feb. 23, 2019, with associates to have a good time her upcoming twenty third birthday. At the membership in Boston’s Theater District, relations grew to become somewhat strained — as was described intimately through the trial final summer time — and Jassy didn’t depart with them as was deliberate. Instead, she made to seek out her personal means dwelling.
“Coleman lured her into his car, confined her there, sexually assaulted her, strangled her to death, and transported her across the state lines to Rhode Island, all against Jassy’s will,” federal prosecutor Kenneth G. Shine wrote in his Oct. 5, 2022, sentencing memo.
“Jassy’s body was found four days after her birthday celebration, nearly 350 miles away, in Delaware — bound in duct tape, folded into a fetal position, stuffed in a suitcase, in the trunk of a car being driven by Coleman,” he continued.
Coleman’s LinkedIn profile had recognized him as a programs engineer at Raytheon in Waltham.
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