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CBS News
23-06-2025
- CBS News
Mother of teen stabbed to death while he slept at Brickell high-rise to speak out for first time
The mother of a 17-year-old who was stabbed to death earlier this month inside a luxury Brickell high-rise will speak publicly for the first time Monday as her legal team launches an investigation into the building's security protocols. Christine Maron, the Dominic Ferrell's mother, was set to appear at 11 a.m. at The Haggard Law Firm in Coral Gables, where she'll be joined by crime victim attorney Michael Haggard. The firm, now representing Maron, said it's pursuing legal action over what it describes as "apparent negligent security" at the Icon Brickell tower where Ferrell was killed. Legal team to outline claims of negligent security Haggard is expected to outline details surrounding the June 9 murder, the law firm's probe into safety failures at the high-rise, and the legal steps being taken on behalf of Maron. Ferrell was found dead in an apartment on the 34th floor of the Icon complex, located at 485 Brickell Avenue. According to Miami police, the teen was stabbed to death in his sleep. Another person was also asleep in the unit at the time of the attack. Miami Police says suspect entered unlocked unit, stabbed victim Police said the suspect, identified as 26-year-old Kyrill R. Kehl, had arrived in South Florida from Arizona two days earlier and was not staying at the building. Surveillance video showed Kehl loitering in the lobby before entering an elevator with residents, knocking on multiple doors, and eventually walking into the unlocked unit where Ferrell was sleeping. "He then goes to the bedroom where the 17-year-old is sleeping and stabs him to death," Miami Police Officer Michael Vega said. Suspect found dead after fleeing to nearby Brickell construction site Kehl fled the scene and was later found dead at a nearby construction site, where police say he either fell or jumped. "We know for a fact that they did not know each other," Vega said. "They were strangers… it is very important to lock your doors and do not open them to strangers."
BBC News
23-05-2025
- BBC News
Mother of murdered teen Conner Marshall fears justice reforms
A mother whose teenage son was murdered by a convicted offender on probation says she fears proposed changes to the justice Marshall, 18, of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, was beaten to death by David Braddon in March 2015 in a case of mistaken plans to deal with prison overcrowding would see more prisoners in Wales and England, including some serious offenders, eligible for early release after serving a third of their Marshall's mother, Nadine Marshall, is concerned reforms announced by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, including increased use tagging and home detention, will put even more strain on the probation service "The problems are going to be magnified because the system isn't fit for purpose as it is," she Ministry of Justice (MOJ) said the UK government inherited a criminal justice system "in crisis" but would include £700 million to fund "intensive supervision" of released prisoners by the Probation Marshall responded: "I'm not confident in the slightest."That money is just going to plug holes. "The staffing isn't there, the processes aren't there, the systems aren't there for probation to actively be able to deal with the workload they have." Mr Marshall was killed at Trecco Bay caravan park in Porthcawl, Bridgend county, in a drink and drug-fuelled the time, Braddon, 26, of Caerphilly, was subject to two community orders following his conviction for drug offences and assaulting a police officer, but was classified as a low-risk was among 244 criminals on probation who were charged with murder in Wales and England between January 2020 and March 2024 - an average of one a week - according to statistics shared with BBC Wales-produced Newyddion the inquest into Mr Marshall's death, the coroner heavily criticised the Probation Service, particularly the "woefully inadequate" management of Braddon's inexperienced new case MOJ spokesperson said: "Our thoughts remain with the victims of these horrific crimes and their families."A 45% uplift in funding for the service will allow us to tag and monitor tens of thousands more offenders in the community. And we are on track to have recruited 2,300 probation officers by March next year." But an independent sentencing review has suggested wider use of probation services and the third sector in managing offenders after release from was carried out by the former Conservative Lord Chancellor David Gauke after prisons across Wales and England almost reached capacity last acknowledged the probation service is also currently "under great strain".Mahmood told the Commons on Thursday she accepted most of the proposals but stopped short of allowing the most serious offenders from being released early and said nobody jailed for terror offences would be eligible. Between July 2024 and March 2025, the UK government recruited 1,000 probation officers and has set a target of recruiting a further 1,300 this financial year Association of Probation Officers broadly supports the government announcement but warned proper investment must accompany the burden on staff."We have long been saying if the prison system is full and it is, so is probation," general secretary Ian Lawrence told Newyddion S4C."Can the probation service cope with what will be a new cohort of early releases in Spring next year once this is all enacted? Not at the current rate of progress."We currently have a system where staff are working massive hours under massive pressure just to cope with what I would call business as usual."
