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Guilty verdict in Forrest murder case
A Fulton County, Ga. jury Thursday found DeMario Ware, 22, guilty of felony murder and two lesser charges for his role in the murder of former world champion Vernon Forrest.
Ware, who did not actually fire the shots that killed Forrest, will receive life in prison without parole. He was also found guilty of armed robbery and possession of a gun during commission of a crime.
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August 18, 2011
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Death Penalty Dropped In Forrest Slayings
((HT: AJC-Rankin))Fulton County ((GA)) prosecutors dropped their pursuits of the death penalty against two of the three men charged in the July murder of former boxing champ Vernon Forrest- this after talking to Forrest's family about it...Demario Ware and Jquante Crews are now facing life without parole penalties...Charman Sinkfield, the alleged shooter, is still facing a death...
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May 14, 2010
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May 14, 2010
Another Arrest in Forrest Case
The count is now at 2. A second accomplice in the murder case of former boxing champion Vernon Forrest was arrested last night in Atlanta. Police say that Jquante Crews drove the car that the gunmen drove up to and away from Forrest on the night when he was shot and killed in a Southwest Atlanta neighborhood.The story from ajc.com here .Atlanta Police say they are still searching...
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August 06, 2009
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August 06, 2009
Forrest Suspect Appears In Court
((HT: AJC/Cook))The grandmother of a 20-year-old suspect in the death of boxer Vernon Forrest cried as Damario Ware ((pictured, thanks AJC/John Spink)) made his first court appearance wearing a jail jumpsuit and handcuffs.“I taught him right from wrong,” Rose Thomas said outside the Fulton County Jail on Wednesday after Ware’s initial court appearance lasting less than a minute...
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August 05, 2009
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August 05, 2009
Arrest Made In Forrest Murder
20 year old Damario Ware turned himself in Tuesday in last month's shooting death of boxer Vernon Forrest. He was one of four people the police are seeking in the case. - Pel
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August 04, 2009
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August 04, 2009
The Next Opponent for Forrest's Killers: A Felony Murder Charge
Death Penalty Looms as Possibility for Killers of Former Welterweight and Junior Middleweight Champion Under Georgia’s Felony Murder Laws The emotionally fragile boxing community, still nursing its wounds from the recent untimely deaths of retired legends Alexis Arguello and Arturo Gatti, was rocked again on the night of Saturday, July 26, 2009 when 1992 U.S. Olympian, and former...
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July 27, 2009
Vernon Forrest Goes to the Grave, Still Owing me $400
But he taught me one of the most valuable lessons I’ve ever learned. Some people close to me are familiar with this story while others have never heard it, so there’s no better time to bring it up than now. I have a big history with Vernon Forrest that goes back six years [...]
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July 27, 2009
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July 27, 2009
Did Vernon Forrest Predict His Own Death?
Have you ever read something and it literally sent chills down your spine? When I saw this tweet from now deceased former welterweight champion Vernon Forrest I felt sick.
My first thought was maybe it was just one of those fake twitter pages that a lot of athletes and celebrities have and it was just a coincidence.
The page does not have a lot of followers (only 242 at the time...
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July 26, 2009
Police: Ex-boxing champ Forrest shot, killed
Police say former boxing champion Vernon Forrest has been shot and killed in an apparent robbery.
Atlanta Police Sgt. Lisa Keyes said in an e-mail Sunday that Forrest may have been robbed and was shot "multiple times in the back" Saturday night in Atlanta.
Keyes says there are no suspects.
Mark Guilbeau, an investigator with the Fulton County Medical Examiner&...
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July 26, 2009
Boxer Vernon Forrest Murdered
The former Olympian and one time welterweight/middleweight titleholder was shot in the bakc 8 times near Atlanta last night during a robbery attempt. [AJC]
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July 26, 2009
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