In a shocking development, a 24-year-old man, Marson Weh, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in relation to the brutal stabbing of 15-year-old Micheal Garrin in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, last year.
Weh, who is currently serving a sentence in Ohio for an unrelated crime, is set to be extradited to Pennsylvania to face these new charges.
NBC10 reports that Garr was tragically killed on April 21, 2023. Weh emerged as a suspect 11 days later when he was seen leaving a house in Clifton Heights, wearing the same attire as the man captured on security footage on the night of the murder. Although he was taken into custody, Weh refused to cooperate and was later extradited to Ohio. There, he pleaded guilty to assault and vehicle theft charges in a separate case and received a sentence of nine-and-a-half years.
As the investigation unfolded, Pennsylvania police discovered evidence in the aforementioned house that linked Weh to the stabbing and carjacking of a pregnant woman and her child, which occurred two months prior to Garr's murder. It wasn't until December, when DNA evidence connected him to the murder, that Weh was formally charged.
The fatal incident occurred around 9:45 pm on the 200 block of Bridge Street as Garr was returning home from a friend's house. As reported by ABC6, District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer described Garr as a "juvenile who was doing nothing more than any juvenile should be able to do anywhere in America: just walking down the street in his own neighborhood." Stollsteimer expressed his sorrow over the random nature of the crime, labeling it as "one of the most heinous crimes I've seen in my time as district attorney."
Stollsteimer emphasized the necessity of thorough evidence collection, stating that authorities "only get one chance to charge somebody with first-degree murder."
In the wake of this tragedy, CBS News reports that Garr's family plans to establish a nonprofit organization, "Dream Beyond the Bench." The organization aims to provide scholarships in Garr's memory to students aspiring to study sports-related subjects, with a projected launch in 2025.
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