Justina Morley Pennsylvania: The Public Finally Speaks

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A fourth teen, Justina Morley , then 15, pleaded guilty in the slaying and was sentenced to 17 1/2 to 35 years in prison. The three boys, all under 18 at the time of the murder, were sentenced to life in prison without parole. Justina Morley was a 15-year-old Catholic school eighth-grader when she lured Sweeney to a remote meeting place, where he was pummeled with a hatchet, a hammer and rocks. The teen killers spent. Reports suggested Justina was released in December 2020 and is currently on parole. The Coia brothers and Edward were charged with and tried as adults for first-degree murder, conspiracy, robbery, and possessing an instrument of crime. Coia, his younger brother, Nicholas, 16, and Sweeney’s friend, Edward “Eddie” Batzig Jr., 16, are charged with first-degree murder and could face the death penalty if convicted. Justina Morley , Batzig and Coia’s brother, Nicholas Coia, 16 – all charged with murder – abused heroin, marijuana and prescription drugs, according to court testimony. In May of 2003, in a wooded region of Fishtown bordering the Delaware called “The Trails”, a 15-year-old local girl named Justina Morley used promises of sex to bait her then-boyfriend Jason. Justina Morley is an American criminal who is known for luring for sex, [1] and later slaying Jason Sweeney, a teenager from Fishtown, Pennsylvania [2] on May 30, 2003. According to a police transcript made available to the paper, Dominic admitted under questioning that Justina Morley had been the bait to get Sweeney to the area. Justina Morley was fifteen years old when she took part in the brutal murder of an another teenager. According to court documents Justina Morley lured the victim Jason Sweeney to a remote location with the promise of sex where he would be fatally attacked by Edward Batzig, Domenic and Nicholas Cola.