Daily Archives October 31, 2005

Sept. 20-- On Monday, the girlfriend of the alleged triggerman in the 2003 murder of Mark Fisher '06 testified in Brooklyn state Supreme Court that her boyfriend confessed his crime to her hours after it was committed, according to The New Jersey Herald. Crystal Valentin, 18, said that Antonio Russo, 19, told her that Fisher's murder was a robbery gone bad.

A childhood friend of the man who allegedly killed Mark Fisher '06 in 2003 testified on Friday that he knew details of the murder shortly after it occurred, according to The New York Times. The case is now on its second week at trial at Brooklyn state Supreme Court.

On Monday, the girlfriend of the alleged triggerman in the 2003 murder of Mark Fisher '06 testified in Brooklyn state Supreme Court that her boyfriend confessed his crime to her hours after it was committed, according to The New Jersey Herald. Crystal Valentin, 18, said that Antonio Russo, 19, told her that Fisher's murder was a robbery gone bad. Russo shot Fisher five times. Police say that Valentin had been part of the "wall of silence" and a reason why the case went unsolved for so long.

TUESDAY-- Nearly two years after the body of Mark Fisher '06 was found in a Brooklyn park, two men charged in connection with his muder are set to go on trial this week in New York. Jury selection for the murder trial of accused gunman Antonio Russo, 19, and alleged accomplice John Guica, 21, began Monday, with the trial set to begin Wednesday in the Brooklyn Supreme Court building.

As the university community copes with the death of Mark Fisher '06, students have come together in remembrance and celebration of Fisher's life here at Fairfield. Laid to rest on Oct. 17 at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Sparta, N.J., Fisher is remembered as a "loving person who always made people smile.

Guilty, the white folded up piece of paper said, which a juror read Thursday morning. A second man was convicted of murdering Mark Fisher '06 in 2003, after jurors asked for more time to decide his fate. Antonio Russo, 19, and John Guica, 21, who was convicted on Tuesday, face 25 years to life in prison for second-degree murder and robbery.

The Fairfield community and family and friends of Mark Fisher '06 finally have some answers. The leader of a Brooklyn gang was convicted on Tuesday of murdering Fisher in 2003. John Guica, 21, now faces a sentence of 25 years to life in prison for second-degree murder, robbery and weapons posession.