For more than a year, Boyds case stalled, along with 235 other juvenile lifers for whom prosecutors had requested renewed life-without-parole terms, as the Michigan Supreme Court reviewed procedural questions about resentencing. The next morning he came home and discovered the body. I think he could easily kill again. Save big on a full year of investigations, ideas, and insights. About an hour and a half from where Espree was incarcerated, Judge Jessica R. Cooper sentenced some of Oakland Countys juvenile lifers decades ago. Kevin Sr.s wallet still contained cash and his credit cards, ruling out the possibility of a robbery. Facebook gives people the power to. His apartment showed no signs of a break-in, but it did look like someone had gone through the apartment. Youre telling me you killed your dad? He said, Yeah. So then he gave it all up,Miles told producers. This individual went inside of the apartment, turned on the lights and saw Kevin Sr. basically lying in a pool of blood, former Oakland County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Mark Bilkovic told Snapped.. The man had fought furiously to escape his killer, as demonstrated by all the injuries on his face and body. Kevin Sr. is positioned on his stomach on the floor with a pillow over the back of his head. Their presence angered a local dealer, who had threatened to shoot their leader. They both said Kevin was there the whole night and left early the next morning. Lynn then told Kevin she was leaving him for another woman around Christmas 1988. This isnt a stolen credit card. Kevin Boyd Sr., was born on September 27, 1951. Because while the Supreme Court rulings offered hope, they also gave states flexibility to decide how to handle lifers pleas for parole. You start thinking, What am I going to do with my life? And you dont know.. With good time credits he was eligible for release on June 1, 2015. Improbably, Kevin Sr. got to his feet, so she hit him again and again until he stayed down. One of those lifers is Kevin Boyd, whos now a 41-year-old inmate at Thumb Correctional Facility in Lapeer. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On February 21, his birthday, I accompany him on a stroll past the library and students tossing a Frisbee on the lawn. Espree works for the Arizona State University Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation with his supervisor, Dr. Peg Bortner. A local musician then contacted police to say that he had found Kevin Sr.s walletin the back of his pickup truck after a gig at a local bar. A lot of people, when they go down young and theyve been down for more than a decade or two decades, they tend to lose touch with most family members, Mexica says. Help Mother Jones' reporters dig deep with a tax-deductible donation. Kevin opened a tool rental company in Lake Orion, Michigan, a former resort town which had become a bedroom community. https://www.patreon.com/parricidepodcast. Kevin Boyd was resentenced in 2019 under new laws that require life without parole punishment to be used in only extreme circumstances. Their bedroom has little space for anything but their mattresses which are about an arms distance apart. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! Kevin Jr. ran from the apartment, desperate to get some help. The festival is being held in Dallas, Texas - from August 26th through the 28th. Studied at Florida International University. Now he is trying to work out what to do with his life. Lynn told the police that she and Julie had killed Kevin, and that Julie was the mastermind. claimedLynn struck his father several times with the bat. Then, they snuck in and attacked him. They married in 1975, and their son, Kevin Jr., was born in 1977. Kevin told the police that Kevin Sr., was abusive and controlling. HeclaimedLynn struck his father several times with the bat. His body is surrounded by blood. She was convicted in a separate trial. Our True Crime Podcast: 157. In May 1995, Kevins tool rental business was being cleaned out to sell, when a knife was found. If you want to look at culpability, it was his mother who recruited him, OBrien says. A ruling came this June, making it much easier for judges to hand out life-without-parole sentences to children in the state. Kevin admitted that he and Lynn planned it. According to court documents, Kevin Boyd Jr., who had found his fathers body, had spent the night at his girlfriends place after a fight with the adult about his behavior. They alsospoke to Kevin Jrs girlfriend, who admitted that on the night of the murder she had driven with him to a Burger King where he had met with his mother, according to court documents. On August 6, 1994, a man was discovered on his apartment floor. Kevin Jr., was brought in. I dont think you should judge a 16-year-old as irreparably corrupt based on one hour that took place in his life 25 years ago, he says. . Hes grateful for the prison track but dreams of running in a straight line again. The blood spatter on the wall let him know it was no accident. Yet, he maintained that he was not at the scene when it transpired. Don was brought in for questioning and to take a polygraph, he passed with flying colors. The police asked her if she knew of anyone whod want to hurt Kevin. With Baileys help, Espree enrolled as a justice studies major at Arizona State and applied for financial aid. Other A Supreme Court ruling that banned mandatory life sentences for minors helped release Kevin from prison. Instead of gratitude, his ex-wife and son rewarded him with betrayal and bloodshed. On Dec. 18, 1994, Lynncalled the Oakland County Sheriffs Department and said she was responsible for her husbands murder. Bailey says Espree was the only family member who didnt seem to judge him: Thats part of the reason he always felt like a brother to me.. OBrien also challenges the prosecutors characterisation of Boyd. Later he launched music therapy and mentorship programs for younger inmates. James Garbarino, a psychologist and expert witness in murder trials who focuses on adolescent development, notes in his book Millers Children that many juvenile lifers come from rough backgrounds79 percent saw violence at home and half were physically abused, according to a survey by the Sentencing Project. KEVIN Boyd was in his mid-20s when he first grasped what it meant to be serving life without parole. Kevin met Lynn in the 1970s, they fell in love and got married in 1975. join us with a tax-deductible donation today. Although Kevin had moved out of the family home in the years that followed, he still saw plenty of his son, who had started to rebel. Lynn was charged and arrested for her ex-husbands slaying in December, but because the police believed that she did not act alone, they also took Kevin Jr. into custody, who eventually confessed. He was sentenced to 25 60 years, and he has a parole hearing this year. With the number of wounds we saw there, it appeared it was definitely a crime of violence and passion, former Oakland County Sheriffs Detective Sergeant Patrick Miles told producers. Kevin Boyd Jr., now 43, was released on parole in January 2020, reported at the time. Their life from the outside seemed simply idyllic. In the kitchen later, after he pours himself a bowl of cereal, his phone rings. When his mother and her girlfriend found out, they told Boyd they wanted revenge and asked for the keys to his dads apartment. Smotherly Love: Kevin Boyd We are headed north to Lake Orion, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He had the opportunity to warn his father and later tried to cover up his involvement in the crime. This helped investigators narrow down the time of the murder to between 11 p.m, when the musician arrived at his gig, and 3 a.m., when he left. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. But at the same time, I dont know where you say that theres been enough retribution, because a human being is dead. If shes the example, she has to succeed, he says to me, referring to Finley, after he hangs up the phone. Mandatory life-without-parole sentences, like the one Espree had received, were unconstitutional. The turf war escalated quicklyone of Esprees friends brought an Uzi submachine gun. It really started to dawn on me: Youre looking at a black hole and theres no way out of it, Boyd says from Thumb Correctional Facility in eastern Michigan. To ensure a safer living for the then-16-year-old, Kevin Sr. took over his care, but alas, it didnt last long. I really wanted to learn to think for myself, he says. And she had a plan that would give her what she wanted. Lynn Boyd is now 69 years old and currently incarcerated at Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility, according to the Michigan Department of Corrections. Hell have to wait a year to reapply. Kevin Sr. and Lynn were moving on, they were both in new relationships. Kevins funeral was on August 9, 1994. On May 15, 2019, Kevin was instead resentenced to a term of 25-60 years. Hes one of the lucky ones. Julie said that Lynn admitted to her that she was involved in the murder. Harris pretended that Giles was still alive by impersonating him in text, messages, emails, and even telephone calls. Kevin opened a tool rental company in Lake Orion, Michigan, a former resort town which had become a bedroom community. The blood spatter on the wall let him know it was no accident. "That let investigators know were dealing with a black elongated object, such as a baseball bat.. He said Lynn was destroying the business that Kevin built, and was stealing money from the safe. We're a nonprofit (so it's tax-deductible), and reader support makes up about two-thirds of our budget. Found the resolution to each, I know who really killed Chanin, her husband did not, I have so many questions about this story. Boyd says that four years later, when he and his mother discussed the murder plot and she told him his life would improve after his fathers death, I have to say that I think that was appealing to me.. The prosecution in both cases said that they were both motivated by greed and their hatred of Kevin Sr. 4 . A part of what I do reflects that, continuing to keep my word to my victims daughter and victims mother and making sure that my actions out here are accountable to that and to them.. Later, we stop by a nearby convenience store, where he buys a lottery ticket. Adolescents who experience the highest rates of trauma are 100 times more likely to commit murder than the general population. And while Miller v. Alabama outlawed mandatory life-without-parole terms for kids, it didnt do much for people like Cyntoia Brown, who killed a middle-aged man when she was 16 after he brought her to his Tennessee home for sex. In the early 1970s, Kevin met a woman named Lynn, whose quiet demeanor contrasted with his gregariousness. A local musician then contacted police to say that he had found Kevin Sr.s walletin the back of his pickup truck after a gig at a local bar. Kevin Jr., on the other hand was struggling. He struggled to pay attention in school and failed the seventh grade three times. It weighs in favour of irreparable corruption, says Paul Walton, an assistant Oakland County prosecutor. I created my own bed. Boyd handed them over, and the next day his dad was dead with more than 20 stab wounds. Kevin was not interviewed by the Parole Board until June 24, 2019, and is still . Thats stirred fierce debate between prosecutors and defence attorneys, with some juvenile justice experts arguing the best solution would be for the US Supreme Court to ban outright all life-without-parole sentences for those under 18 at the time of their crimes. I didnt want to do this, but, but she wanted to do it, Lynn is heard saying in recordings of her police interview obtained by Snapped. Then Julie stabbed him right in the stomach.. He went to the business and eventually back home, and found his dad dead. When Espree was 16, he fatally shot an innocent bystander during a drug turf war near Detroit. His lawyers countered that he hadnt been given much of a chance: For his first three decades at Louisianas notorious Angola prison, lifers like him were prohibited from taking classes. They also. He literally wouldnt have known what hit him. In some states, resentencing has moved slowly, and prosecutors have argued juvenile lifers deserve to stay in prison for good. OBrien also says Lynn Boyd, who is serving life without parole, testified at her sons trial that she committed the murder with her girlfriend, who was not charged. The man was Kevin Boyd, and his body was discovered by his son, Kevin, Jr. What the 16-year-old would encounter would be the absolute worst scenario. When his mother, Lynn, told him that his life would improve after his fathers death, he later said, I have to say that I think that was appealing to me.. Lynn Boyd is now 69 years old and currently incarcerated at Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility, according to the. spoke to Kevin Jrs girlfriend, who admitted that on the night of the murder she had driven with him to a Burger King where he had met with his mother, according to court documents. Theyre not looking at how he got there or what hes done since. Boyds life was troubled from the start. Join Jen and Cam on this episode of 'Our True Crime Podcast' entitled Smotherly Love: Kevin Boyd. So Espree feels pressure to prove that people like him can make the most of a second chance. Yet one of these men has already been released from prison. This helped investigators narrow down the time of the murder to between 11 p.m, when the musician arrived at his gig, and 3 a.m., when he left. Kevin Boyd Jr., now 43, was released on parole in January 2020, The Oakland Press reported at the time. Kevin had many stab wounds to various parts of his body, and obvious blunt force trauma injuries. Of the roughly 2,800 juvenile lifers serving time in 2016, only about 400 have been freed. The wallet belonged to Kevin Boyd Sr. When asked who he thought might have murdered Kevin Sr., he implicated Lynn Boyd. Civil Engineering. Class of 2001. said Paul Walton, an assistant Oakland County prosecutor, Kwaneta Harris from Garland, Texas, murdered her boyfriend, Donald Spice murdered his girlfriend Lori Marie Vargis. In the winters, he and his friends would play in the snow; during summers it was tackle football, or theyd build go-karts out of wood and race them down the streets. Follow the links to read about more Diabolical murders profiled on the show. Detectives had always suspected that Lynn didnt act alone but Grain had already passed a polygraph test. By signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use, and to receive messages from Mother Jones and our partners. At the heart of those cases lies one central question: Who is and is not irredeemable? If I wonwhen I winIll be in a position to help folks, he says. He told her when his father would be sleeping in a chair and gave her the keys to the apartment. Even though Kevin Boyd Jr. was a minor when his fathers murder took place, he was tried and sentenced as an adult. His parents divorced when he was 12, and he had a stormy relationship with both of them. Snapped Kevin Boyd, Jr. . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and However, Lynn kept referring to Julie as a he. The police believed that Kevin Jr., had really helped Lynn, and they were trying to frame Julie. In Michigan, prosecutors have applied that definition to nearly two-thirds of its juvenile lifers about 235 inmates according to Deb LaBelle, a lawyer who is among many who believe that flouts the high courts ruling. Kevin Sr. is positioned on his stomach on the floor with a pillow over the back of his head. It was premeditated, calculated, and cold. Bailey, a tenured professor, helped him enroll at Arizona State University and let him share his bedroom and even some of his clothes. The more educated I became, the more positive I became, Espree says. Come see us along with many of your other favorite podcasters. https://www.patreon.com/parricidepodcast. Antonio Espree(R) shares a one bedroom apartment with his cousin, tenured Professor Marlon Bailey, (L) In Phoenix, Arizona. Kevin Sr. was on the living room floor with a pillow over his head. She also said that while she doubted someone in his shoes could transition well on their own after so many decades in prison, living with his cousin would give him every chance of succeeding., Espree was lucky, says Cuauhtemoc Mexica, a postdoctoral researcher at Arizona State who spent more than seven years in juvenile detention himself for violent crimes committed as a teen. I fully admit that. Oakland County prosecutor Jessica Cooper says a dysfunctional childhood is no excuse for committing murder and notes that many teens have terrible upbringings but dont resort to crime. Nationally, black teens are much more likely than white teens to receive these sentences. Andrea said she lied about Kevins alibi. I am not even a reflection of who I used to be. But does a clean record warrant freedom? During his early years at the Michigan Reformatory, Espree racked up a series of infractions and went to solitary confinement three times before he turned 21. Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox. This murder was brutal, and it was on his own dad. But in April 2017, he was paroled thanks to a series of Supreme Court decisions arguing that because their brains were not fully developed at the time of their crimes, kids should face more lenient sentences than adult perpetrators. The two of them walked inside, and sure enough Kevin was dead. In 2012, the justices took the next leap: Even if a teen was convicted of homicide, they ruled in Miller v. Alabama, a judge had to consider factors such as the kids maturity level and home environment when handing down a punishment. College. Its like I cant miss it. The man had fought furiously to escape his killer, as demonstrated by all the injuries on his face and body. Kevin and Lynn were both found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. Kevin Boyd Jr. didn't kill his father, Kevin Boyd Sr., alone his mother was in on the plan, too. In February, the Louisiana parole board rejected his request for release, arguing that he had not finished enough classes in prison. They had hoped to collect on a $500,000 life insurance policy. Join Jen and Cam on this episode of 'Our True Crime Podcast' entitled Smotherly Love: Kevin Boyd.We are going to the True Crime Podcast Festival in Dallas this year. The two grew up together in Detroit, and Bailey took him in when he was paroled. A lot had changed since the 1980s: He had never used a cellphone. After his first semester, he had a 3.29 GPA. Bet hes just a punk!, Is anyone feeling that the mom has strong narcissistic vibes, I worked on both cases. All times AEDT (GMT +11). Join Jen and Cam on this episode of . But although Justice Kennedy stated that all but the rarest of juvenile offenders should get a shot at parole, some prosecutors continue to argue that many do not deserve this benefit, or that they should serve years longer in prison before they can get out. Julie Grain basically said that she had lied and that Lynn had in fact left her house the night of the murder and was gone for several hours, between approximately 10 at night to 3 in the morning, Bilkovic told Snapped.. Kevins body was taken in for an autopsy. Its real; theres still shit I dont know.. Later that day, a witness named Jeff Drome, called the police. In Pennsylvania, home to one of the nations biggest juvenile lifer populations, prosecutors are required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant can never be rehabilitated if they want to deny the option of parole during resentencing; otherwise, the presumption is he should be given a second chance. As the last item, an air compressor, was being removed, a knife wrapped in a T-shirt fell out from behind it. Terms of Service apply. Boyds lawyer, Dave OBrien, tells a different story: He says there was no physical evidence Boyd was at the murder scene. Unfortunately, Kevins world started falling apart when Lynn told him that she wanted a divorce in 1988. KEVIN Boyd was in his mid-20s when he first grasped what it meant to be serving life without parole. One Tuesday night in 1987, a couple of days before New Years Eve, Espree, then a 16-year-old high school dropout, was hanging out with some older friends from a gang called Pony Down. He couldnt help but think about his own future. Their bedroom has little space for anything but their mattresses, so Espree slips quietly out and heads up to the roof to watch the sunrise. His apartment showed no signs of a break-in, but it did look like someone had gone through the apartment. Lynn Boyd persuaded her teen son Kevin Boyd Jr. to help murder his father - Diabolical investigates Tue Apr 07, 2020 at 4:37pm ET By Jerry Brown - View Comment (1) In 1994, at Lake Orion in Michigan, Kevin Boyd Sr. was savagely murdered in his home. After Espree was released, he moved to Phoenix and enrolled in college. Kevin Sr. is positioned on his stomach on the floor with a pillow over the back of his head. We are headed north to Lake Orion, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. She said that on the night of the murder she had been home watching movies with her girlfriend, Julie Grain, whoconfirmed Lynn's alibi. Kevin Jr. told investigators that he had spent the previous night at his girlfriends after a fight with his dad, according to court documents. Prosecutors said the motive was financial, as the Boyds wanted to receive Kevin Sr.'s life insurance policy payout. The gang was based in Detroit, but they had gone to Ypsilanti to sell cocaine. Its not just about their age. His wounds were all over his face and body, leaving no chance for him to have made it out alive. His body is surrounded by blood. Subscribe today and get a full year of Mother Jones for just $14.95. Ive had no substance abuse issues. The T-shirt belonged to KevinJr. and the knife matched the wounds on his fathers body,the Associated Pressreported at the time. Join Jen and Cam on this episode of 'Our True Crime Podcast' entitled Smotherly Love: Kevin Boyd. The ruling drew from a flurry of new research into brain development showing that teens are more impulsive than adults and more influenced by peer pressure. Theres dramatic inconsistency in how states have treated their cases. You have to be there to make sure she understands, and if she dont understand, you kinda guide her. Check out this great listen on Audible.com. We are headed north to Lake Orion, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Kevin Jr. revealed that he and his mother conspired to kill his father and that he gave her the keys to his apartment. After the Supreme Court decisions, she requested renewed life-without-parole sentences for 44 of 49 of them. Copyright 2023 Mother Jones and the Foundation for National Progress. They married in 1975, and their son, Kevin Jr., was born in 1977. Imagine going from a setting like that and then back into society.. The police had received a call from the person who sold it, and they found it in a backyard of a house in Flint. Lynn said she hit Kevin twice with a baseball bat, and that Julie stabbed him. All Rights Reserved. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Bullets started flying, and one of Esprees hit 23-year-old Emanuel Billups, who had been standing by the drug dealer. Espree thinks often of Emanuel Billups, the man he killed, and of his family members. Only about 10 percent of serious juvenile offenders become chronic adult offenders, Stapleton noted in his affidavit. Once a persons brain matures in the mid-20s, their likelihood of committing a crime diminishes. He had the personality to match, sister Lynette Heide told. I find out the next day the reason they didnt go to the burial siteis theyre too busy at the courthouse getting paper rights to take over Lake Orion Rental, Lucarelli told producers. The police looked through Kevins wallet, and there was no piece of paper in it. The blood spatter on the wall let him know it was no accident. Join us as we wend our way through the Supreme Court cases addressing sentencing reform for juvenile offenders. View the profiles of people named Kevin Boyd Jr. Join Facebook to connect with Kevin Boyd Jr. and others you may know. Kevin Boyd dedicated his life to working hard and providing for his family. The adoption never happened, but when his mom turned to drugs and kicked Espree out of the house, he stayed with Baileys family temporarily. I struggle with that a lot.. It's very difficult to review this case, as there, The FBi has been murdering people for years since their, Clearly its hard for some people to understand that although, What is taking so long? However, in November 1994, Lynns girlfriend provided the authorities with a much-needed breakthrough by confessing that she had lied to them about her girlfriends whereabouts at her behest and was now afraid that she had something to do with Kevins murder. Kevin and Lynn were tried separately in 1996. He had the personality to match, sister Lynette Heide told Snapped, airing Sundays at 6/5c on Oxygen. Back at the apartment, before bed, Espree goes to the roof again. He earned his GED certificate and enrolled in college classes. Many others in Michigan may never get that chance. Kwaneta Harris murdered her boyfriend, Michael Giles, and buried him in the backyard. When Espree was 16, he fatally shot an innocent bystander during a drug turf war near Detroit. I couldnt defend myself at 16, but Im not 16 anymore. Deck Watch Officer B.S. 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