Murders of Jourdan Bobbish and Jacob Kudla

Jourdan Bobbish and Jacob Kudla were two American teenagers tortured and murdered in Detroit after attempting to purchase drugs in 2012. The suspects in the killings were Frederick Young and Felando Hunter, who were sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2015.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Murders of Jourdan Bobbish and Jacob Kudla
LocationDetroit, Michigan, United States
DateJuly 2012
Attack type
Murder, torture
WeaponsGuns
Deaths2
PerpetratorsFrederick Young
Felando Hunter
Participant2

Victims

Jacob Kudla, 18, was a student at Schoolcraft College. Jourdan Bobbish, 17, was a high school senior.[7]

Aftermath

When Kudla and Bobbish were reported missing, an area-wide search was mounted.[8][9] Their bodies were discovered in a vacant parking lot by a waste picker.[10][11] They were later found to have been unusually brutally murdered.[12][13]

Details of the murders emerged during the trial. A witness said that she heard the victims begging for their lives, and that the suspects told them they could leave but killed them anyway.[12][14]

Before being sentenced Young gave a statement to the court saying "I'd like to say sorry to the family of Aiyana Jones, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and I want to apologize for them for not being able to get justice for their loved ones who were murdered in cold blood and in respect for the peaceful protest I want to say hands up, don't shoot, black lives matter."[1][15] Video of his statement went viral.[16]

Hunter had already been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the unrelated August 2012 murder of John Villneff, a military veteran, on Rutland Street in Detroit.[17]

See also

References
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  2. myFOXDetroit.com Staff (21 January 2015). "Men sentenced to life for murder, torture of Westland teens". Fox2detroit.com.
  3. "Men Get Life Behind Bars In Torture, Murder Of Westland Teens". CBS. 21 January 2015.
  4. "Family confirms bodies found in Detroit are 2 missing teens". Fox News. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  5. "Jacob Kudla, Jourdan Bobbish found dead in Detroit field, teens vanished a week ago". CBS News. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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  7. "2 convicted in torture, murder of 2 teens sentenced to life". Chicago Daily Herald. AP. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
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  9. Battaglia, Tammy (26 July 2012). "Families desperate to find 2 missing teens". Detroit Free Press. ProQuest 1027867647.
  10. "Empty city hides the dead". Bay of Plenty Times, New Zealand. Independent News and Media. 4 August 2012. ProQuest 1031017182.
  11. Rogers, LeeAnne (4 December 2010). "Jourdan Bobbish". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  12. "Men sentenced to life for murder, torture of Westland teens". Fox News. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  13. Anderson, Elisha (10 July 2014). "2 teens begged suspects to spare them before killing, woman tells court". Detroit Free Press. ProQuest 1544060535.
  14. "Chilling Testimony In Preliminary Exam For 2 Accused In Murders Of Westland Teens". CBSLocal. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  15. Burns, Gus (January 22, 2015). "Convicted Detroit killer apologizes to families of Aiyana Jones, Mike Brown, Eric Garner". MLive.
  16. "'Black lives matter' speech shocks court sentencing men who murdered teens". Fox2Now. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  17. Rogers, LeAnne (4 December 2014). "Witness: defendant described murder of Westland teens". Hometown Life. USA Today. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
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