Update: Grandmother Guilty Of First-Degree Murder In Toddler Death Case
A jury found Carmela dela Rosa, 51, guilty of first-degree murder Thursday for throwing her granddaughter over a Tysons Corner Center walkway last November
Update 5:46 p.m.: Commonwealth Attorney Ray Morrogh said the verdict given to Carmela dela Rosa was a "just result," but said trying the case was "grueling" and there were "no winners in a case like this." "[There's] no joy," Morrogh said. "This is a scar that’s not going to go away.” “We’ve all lost a little piece of our hearts in this thing,” he said. Defense attorney Dawn Butorac said she was disappointed in the verdict; she believed dela Rosa was truly insane at the time of the crime. Morrogh said he spoke to James and Kat Ogdoc, 2-year-old Angelyn Ogdoc's parents, after the sentencing and said they’re both devastated after re-hashing the events surrounding their daughter's death. “They’re just surviving. Thank God they love each other…
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Keith Devine
4:11 pm on Monday, October 17, 2011
I'm getting into this rather late, sorry about all that Jamie, perhaps I should have said something earlier, actually I'm quite unnerved by this whole event. To be honest I know Jamie Barnhard, not well, we are by no means friends, or even friendly. I haven't spoken to him in about 5yrs, maybe more. Nevertheless, I feel compiled to spoke now on his behalf. Jamie Barnhard, for all his faults, no … more ›