Cheryl Silvonnek Murder

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In 2015, Cheryl Silvonek lived in her home outside of Allentown Pennsylvania, with her 14 year old daughter. Cheryl discovered that her daughter’s boyfriend Caleb Barnes, who was in the Army, was significantly older than her daughter. He was 21. To try to end the relationship, Cheryl made a deal with the boyfriend to take the two of them to a “Breaking Benjamin” concert in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The morning after the concert the three of them were pulling into the driveway at Cheryl’s home when Barnes started punching her in the head. He attempted to choke her, and finished off by stabbing her four times. She died shortly after in the car. Once dead, the couple took the body and buried it in a small grave. They tried to drive the car into …show more content…

The investigators concluded, through many messages from the daughter to Barnes about getting rid of her mother in the days leading up to the concert, that the couple was guilty. When Barnes was interrogated he confessed to the murder of Jamie Silvonek, and tried to insist that his girlfriend had no prior knowledge of the murder. Jamie was charged with “Solicitation of murder” and Barnes was charged with First Degree Murder. Jamie’s attorney filed a motion to have her case moved down to a juvenile court which would not allow her to be held past her 21st birthday. However, the district attorney filed a motion that she would be tried in adult court, which could put her in prison for 25 years to life. On October 29, 2005 during the pre-trial, Judge Marie L. Dantos heard both sides of the issue on whether or not Jamie should be tried as an adult or child. On February 11, 2016 Jamie pleaded guilty to the murder of her mother; she was sentenced to 35 years to life in prison. Barnes on September 20, 2016 was charged with first degree murder and was sentenced to life in …show more content…

A Forensic Criminalist would have identified the blood found in the vehicle in which she was stabbed to death because the Criminalist would deal with body fluids. There were three knives, however the one with blood dried on it was found on a picnic table located behind the Silvonek house. A Criminalist Forensic scientist would have looked at the knife, because the Scientist looks at a variety of physical evidence that can span anywhere from blood to knives. Silvonek’s body was found in a shallow grave so they also might have looked at the shoe prints made around the grave in the dirt to help identify the people

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