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Sequence of events in teen's homicide

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RAW VIDEO: Suspect apologizes during 'walk of shame'

RAW VIDEO: Suspect apologizes during 'walk of shame'

During his self-proclaimed "long walk of shame," the man accused of shooting a 13-year-old girl to death has a message for the victim's family and the "guys in prison." Video by Mike Burianek

Dameon L. Wesley, 39, is sought in connection to a homicide on Home Avenue in Dayton. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Dameon Wesley timeline

Events related to the state parole board and the parole case of Dameon Lareese Wesley, Ohio inmate No. 289-569: 1994: Wesley, then 19 years old, sentenced to 15 years to life for murdering his roommate, Marvin Williams Jr., by shooting him in the chest and in the head at point-blank ...

A hit-skip accident Monday night on Holyoke Avenue involving two SUVs brought out a swarm of police because the driver of the dark-colored vehicle was believed to have been Dameon Lareese Wesley, wanted in the killing of a 13-year-old girl and the wounding of her cousin. (Teesha McClam/Staff)

Accused killer apologizes to family

The ex-con accused of killing a 13-year-old Dayton girl on Sunday was denied release from prison in 2010 because the state parole board said his release “would create undue risk to public safety.”Dameon Wesley, 39, was denied parole four times before he was released last August. Five months later he ...

Police walk Dameon L. Wesley, 39, to the Montgomery County Jail Tuesday morning, Feb. 26, 2013 in Dayton. As Wesley was being taken into jail, he told the media he was sorry for what he had done. NICK GRAHAM/STAFF

Death penalty sought in teen homicide case

The Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office will seek the death penalty against Dameon Wesley, a convicted murderer paroled in September who was indicted Friday for the murder of his ex-girlfriend’s 13-year-old daughter. Wesley, 39, who served 18 years for killing Marvin Williams Jr. with gunshots to the head and chest in ...

Dameon L. Wesley, 39, is sought in connection to a homicide on Home Avenue in Dayton. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Killer called ‘risk’ freed two years later

A state effort to better help inmates prepare for their parole hearings may have led to the 2012 release of convicted murderer Dameon Wesley, who is accused of going on a rampage Feb. 24 in his girlfriend’s Dayton home and killing 13-year-old Briona Rodgers. Wesley was released two years after ...

Accused killer violated terms of parole

Convicted murderer Dameon Wesley was in violation of his parole for more than five weeks for having police contact and changing his employment status, both against the Ohio Adult Parole Authorities’ conditions of release.But parole authorities said they didn’t know about Wesley’s Jan. 14 job loss or a Jan. 14 ...

Photo of Briona Rodgers, 13, from a facebook page created in her memory.

Police seek ex-con in shooting of two teens

Police continued to search Monday for the ex-con accused of shooting two young girls Sunday that left one 13-year-old girl dead and left her cousin clinging to life. Authorities now believe they have found the SUV connected to the homicide. Briona Rodgers, 13 and a student at City Day Community ...

Dameon Lareese Wesley, 39, is suspected of killing Briona Rodgers, 13, at 2512 Home Ave. According to family members, Wesley is the ex-boyfriend of Briona’s mother, DaWan Culpepper.

Girl, 13, identified as victim in Sunday shooting

A Dayton teenager died and her cousin was critically wounded when a man opened fire in the teen’s home Sunday, and police are hunting for him today. Dameon Lareese Wesley, 39, is suspected of killing Briona Rodgers, 13, at 2512 Home Ave. According to family members, Wesley is the ex-boyfriend ...

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