Julio Carrillo had pleaded guilty to what the judge called the ‘formalized and repeatedly ritual torture’ of 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy. His family members asked the judge for mercy during an emotional sentencing hearing.
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Stockton Springs man pleads guilty to murdering 10-year-old stepdaughter
Julio Carrillo’s sentencing for the death of Marissa Kennedy is scheduled for August. Prosecutors say they will take his wife to trial on the same charge.
Husband and wife charged with killing 10-year-old girl will have separate trials
The judge also denies a motion to suppress statements the mother of Marissa Kennedy made to police about daily abuse.
Lawyers for mother charged in daughter’s death seek trial separate from her husband’s
Documents filed by Sharon Carrillo’s attorneys allege that her husband physically and sexually abused her and her daughter, Marissa Kennedy, who was beaten to death in February 2018.
Annulment hearing for Maine woman charged in daughter’s beating death postponed
Despite a plan by attorneys for both Sharon Carrillo, 34, and Julio Carrillo, 52, to annul their marriage, technical questions by the judge delay the process.
Maine woman charged in 2018 beating death of daughter seeks to annul marriage
Sharon Carrillo is expected to ask a District Court judge to end her marriage to Julio Carrillo, who also is charged with murder in Marissa Kennedy’s slaying, alleging he already was married at the time they wed.
Prosecutors want single trial for Maine parents in child’s beating death
Sharon and Julio Carrillo have pleaded not guilty to charges of depraved indifference murder.
Maine supreme court won’t remove prosecutors from case of woman charged in daughter’s beating death
Sharon Carrillo, who is accused along with her husband, Julio, of beating to death her 10-year-old daughter, Marissa Kennedy, wanted the Maine Attorney General’s Office removed from the case.
Lawmakers vote to subpoena DHHS chief after agency no-shows in child death probe
‘How dumb are we to take him at his word?’ a frustrated senator says of Gov. LePage after his assurances of cooperation with the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee.
Defense in Maine child abuse murder case asks high court to remove prosecutors
Attorneys for Sharon Carrillo, who is charged in the beating death of her daughter, Marissa Kennedy, said the prosecution obtained Carrillo’s mental health records improperly.