New Jersey native sentenced to 375 years for Facebook killings

Racquel Mckenzie

3 years ago

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32-year-old New Jersey native, Jeremy Arrington has been sentenced to 375 years in prison for the 2016 murders of two children and a college student as well as the stabbings of three others.

On Friday, Judge Ronald Wigler sentenced Jeremy Arrington, 32, to three consecutive life sentences for fatally stabbing Ariel Little Whitehurst, 7, and her brother, Al-Jahon Whitehurst, 11, and fatally shooting college student Syasia McBurroughs, 23, a friend of the family who happened to be visiting their home on November 5, 2016.

In addition to the three consecutive life sentences, Judge Wigler imposed consecutive 50-year sentences for each of the three attempted murder convictions for the surviving victims.

According to reports, Arrington, who had known the victims for years, attacked the family after he became enraged about a Facebook comment.

Prosecutors also outlined that One of the stabbing victims had reposted an alert on Facebook about Arrington being wanted in connection with a previous shooting and sexual assault.

Following this, Arrington reportedly broke into the Whitehurst’s apartment in Newark with a loaded firearm.

It is also reported that the accused also tied up everyone inside and proceeded to torture them by stabbing them with kitchen knives.

The two children died of their stab wounds. They were pronounced dead at University Hospital.

Arrington then shot and killed McBurroughs, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

However, Emergency medical personnel were able to save three other victims: the children’s 29-year-old mother and a 13-year-old boy and girl, who are twins and the siblings of the 29-year-old woman.