Family and friends of convicted killer question his link to murdered New York City runner.
. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2018 estimates, 2.4 million people live in the county.
Surveillance video from Spring Creek Park did not show anyone entering or leaving after Vetrano. Investigators believe that her killer may have hailed from the neighboring community of East New York, said Robert Boyce, the former New York Police Department chief of detectives who is now an ABC News contributor.
"She was a lioness. She fought back hard," said Boyce, who concluded that Chanel Lewis attempted to sexually assault Vetrano but "was not able to complete" the task. Chanel Lewis, then 20, told detectives he punched Vetrano five times and when she started to fight back he got "mad at her" and dragged her into the tall weeds where he "finished her off," according to a videotaped statement he made during 11 hours in police custody. Four of those hours were not recorded, according to trial testimony.Veta Lewis said her son's confession was coerced.
"We can understand why a mother can't or won't accept the reality of the horrific crime committed by her son, but that doesn't change the facts," she said. "Chanel Lewis was justly found to be guilty and another mother received the justice she deserves.""Historically there have been many, many cases where innocent people are convicted based on coerced confessions," she said.
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