康普顿2001年父女双命案凶手被判终身监禁不得假释 25年后结案
洛杉矶县检察官办公室10月14日通报，2001年康普顿父女双命案的被告贾洪·特雷兹·史密斯（Jahon Terez Smith，50岁）已被判处终身监禁、不得假释，这桩悬了25年的案件就此结案。洛杉矶县高等法院法官凯尔文·D·费勒（Kelvin D. Filer）于10月13日作出宣判。
今年8月14日，陪审团裁定史密斯两项一级谋杀罪成立——2001年8月8日，他参与的帮派枪击造成25岁的斯蒂芬·墨菲（Stephen Murphy）及其2岁女儿卡莉（Kali Murphy）身亡；另有三项谋杀未遂罪成立。陪审团同时认定多重谋杀特殊情节成立，并认定他在谋杀未遂中亲自开枪。
据检方表示，案发前一晚有一名帮派成员被杀，史密斯随后与一名身份不明的同伙驾车进入对立帮派地盘，沿途多处开枪。墨菲当时正带女儿探望祖母，在康普顿柳溪大道（Willowbrook Avenue）13100号街区准备把女儿放进汽车后座时枪声响起；他抱起女儿奔向屋门，两人仍双双中弹身亡。检方指出，墨菲父女与任何帮派无关，是无辜路人。检方还表示，史密斯在当晚前后的其他枪击中曾朝两人头部开枪、令其永久留疤，并试图射杀另一名男子，子弹被车门挡下。
史密斯于2023年10月30日被洛杉矶县警长局逮捕。首个陪审团于2025年10月以11比1陷入僵局、多数主张有罪，本案改由第二个陪审团审理并定罪。
Gang Member Sentenced to Life Without Parole for 2001 Compton Slaying of Father and 2-Year-Old Daughter
A gang member convicted in the 2001 Compton shooting deaths of a father and his 2-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced on October 14, closing a case that went unsolved for 25 years. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Kelvin D. Filer imposed the sentence on October 13.
On August 14, a jury found Jahon Terez Smith, 50, guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for the August 8, 2001, killings of Stephen Murphy, 25, and his daughter Kali Murphy, 2, along with three counts of attempted murder. Jurors also found true the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders and allegations that Smith personally discharged a firearm during the attempted murders.
Prosecutors said that shortly after a gang member was killed, Smith drove with an unidentified accomplice into rival gang territory, with each opening fire at points. Murphy and his daughter were visiting his grandmother in the 13100 block of Willowbrook Avenue in Compton, and Murphy was about to put Kali in the back seat of his car when the gunfire erupted. He grabbed his daughter and ran for the house, but both were shot and killed. Prosecutors said the two were innocent bystanders with no gang affiliation. In shootings before and after the murders, Smith shot two people in the head, permanently scarring them, and tried to kill another man whose car door stopped the bullet, according to the prosecution.
Smith was arrested on October 30, 2023, by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The first jury to hear the case deadlocked 11-1 in October 2025, with the majority favoring guilt, and a second jury convicted him.
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