niggersarelowlife
11-04-2010, 04:13 PM
Eggplant charged in four killings was known as kind, helpful neighbor
Residents of his Harbor Gateway neighborhood are shocked at the allegations that John Wesley ’eggplant’ Ewell is behind a recent string of burglaries and murders.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-11-04-home-murders-20101104,0,5211757.story
On Hoover Street in Harbor Gateway, John Wesley ‘eggplant’ Ewell was the guy neighbors turned to when they needed something fixed in their house.
"He's a real nice guy. The kind of guy who would give the shirt off his back," said neighbor Sheila Spinks, who said Ewell recently fixed a light sensor for her. "He didn't want money for it."
So when Denice Roberts was killed inside her home on the block last month, Ewell was the last person anyone suspected.
But L.A. County prosecutors charged 53-year-old Ewell with killing Roberts and three other people in a series of home robberies over the last month. Authorities allege that Ewell cased neighborhoods in Hawthorne and Harbor Gateway, pretending to be a utility worker to gain entry to homes. Surveillance tape shows a man carrying a briefcase being let into one of the homes.
Spinks said she and other neighbors can't believe Ewell is responsible. "Everyone is very surprised. His wife is devastated. It is a shock to everybody that knows him. He likes to talk to kids, tell them to stay out of trouble, stay on the right path," she said. "This seems way out of his character."
Ewell, who worked as a repairman with his father, was arrested Oct. 23 in connection with the killing of a couple in Hawthorne during a robbery. Leamon Turnage, 69, and his wife, Robyn, 57, were found strangled in their home Oct. 22. Prosecutors allege that Ewell bound and gagged the couple before taking jewelry and other valuables. Leamon Turnage, a plumber and contractor, was killed in his garage. His wife was found inside the house.
The lesson for today kids is, “Never trust a nigger.”
Residents of his Harbor Gateway neighborhood are shocked at the allegations that John Wesley ’eggplant’ Ewell is behind a recent string of burglaries and murders.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-11-04-home-murders-20101104,0,5211757.story
On Hoover Street in Harbor Gateway, John Wesley ‘eggplant’ Ewell was the guy neighbors turned to when they needed something fixed in their house.
"He's a real nice guy. The kind of guy who would give the shirt off his back," said neighbor Sheila Spinks, who said Ewell recently fixed a light sensor for her. "He didn't want money for it."
So when Denice Roberts was killed inside her home on the block last month, Ewell was the last person anyone suspected.
But L.A. County prosecutors charged 53-year-old Ewell with killing Roberts and three other people in a series of home robberies over the last month. Authorities allege that Ewell cased neighborhoods in Hawthorne and Harbor Gateway, pretending to be a utility worker to gain entry to homes. Surveillance tape shows a man carrying a briefcase being let into one of the homes.
Spinks said she and other neighbors can't believe Ewell is responsible. "Everyone is very surprised. His wife is devastated. It is a shock to everybody that knows him. He likes to talk to kids, tell them to stay out of trouble, stay on the right path," she said. "This seems way out of his character."
Ewell, who worked as a repairman with his father, was arrested Oct. 23 in connection with the killing of a couple in Hawthorne during a robbery. Leamon Turnage, 69, and his wife, Robyn, 57, were found strangled in their home Oct. 22. Prosecutors allege that Ewell bound and gagged the couple before taking jewelry and other valuables. Leamon Turnage, a plumber and contractor, was killed in his garage. His wife was found inside the house.
The lesson for today kids is, “Never trust a nigger.”