Perilloux
05-22-2009, 07:57 PM
Silver Comet killer sentenced to death (http://www.ajc.com/print/content/metro/cobb/stories/2009/05/22/silver_comet_sentencing.html)
Victim’s husband: ‘The sentence they handed down was the right sentence’
By RHONDA COOK
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Friday, May 22, 2009
Silver Comet Trail murderer Michael Ledford was sentenced Friday to death by lethal injection for the 2006 killing of Sandy Springs cyclist Jennifer Ewing. Paulding County Judge James Osborne set Ledford’s execution date between July 1 and July 8, but it is automatically stayed because Georgia law requires an appeal of death sentences.
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Ewing had just passed the 32nd mile on a 50-mile ride on the popular Silver Comet Trail, a ride she took five times a week, when Ledford ambushed her in an isolated spot on the path in Paulding County. Ledford dragged her 70 feet off the trail and tried to force her to perform oral sex on him. But she bit him instead, sending him into a rage.
The autopsy showed he brutally beat the 53-year-old Sandy Springs mother, pounding her with his fist at least 30 times and stomping her twice, leaving footprints on her chest and side. He crushed her nose and larynx and broke several ribs. In 25-30 minutes she smothered because her chest was crushed.
The next morning, on July 26, 2006, searchers found her nude and battered body on a mound of kudzu partially hidden by vines and leaves.
Good. I've been following this case since it happened. Glad to see the jury came back with the right verdict.
Victim’s husband: ‘The sentence they handed down was the right sentence’
By RHONDA COOK
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Friday, May 22, 2009
Silver Comet Trail murderer Michael Ledford was sentenced Friday to death by lethal injection for the 2006 killing of Sandy Springs cyclist Jennifer Ewing. Paulding County Judge James Osborne set Ledford’s execution date between July 1 and July 8, but it is automatically stayed because Georgia law requires an appeal of death sentences.
<<Snip<<
Ewing had just passed the 32nd mile on a 50-mile ride on the popular Silver Comet Trail, a ride she took five times a week, when Ledford ambushed her in an isolated spot on the path in Paulding County. Ledford dragged her 70 feet off the trail and tried to force her to perform oral sex on him. But she bit him instead, sending him into a rage.
The autopsy showed he brutally beat the 53-year-old Sandy Springs mother, pounding her with his fist at least 30 times and stomping her twice, leaving footprints on her chest and side. He crushed her nose and larynx and broke several ribs. In 25-30 minutes she smothered because her chest was crushed.
The next morning, on July 26, 2006, searchers found her nude and battered body on a mound of kudzu partially hidden by vines and leaves.
Good. I've been following this case since it happened. Glad to see the jury came back with the right verdict.