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    Aaron Lee Pearson Sentenced to 15 Years in 2016 KY Murder of Norman Hall


    Defendant Aaron Pearson speaks with his attorney Tuesday after a court appearance in Hardin Circuit Court at the Hardin County Justice Center in Elizabethtown. Charges against Pearson include complicity to commit murder in the 2016 death of Norman Hall.


    State seeks death penalty in 2016 homicide

    By JEFF D’ALESSIO
    The News-Enterprise

    In many ways, Norman Hall was an easy target when he was killed in September 2016 inside his Radcliff apartment.

    A 22-year veteran of the U.S. Army, Hall, 71, lived alone and needed oxygen to go about his daily activities.

    Authorities believe Aaron Lee Pearson, 25, of Radcliff, and Eloysia James-Venerable, 18, of Radcliff, broke into his Pin Oak Court residence to rob him. Hall ended up being killed by Pearson, police say.

    On Tuesday, the Hardin County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office filed aggravators in the case and will seek the death penalty against Pearson.

    He is charged with complicity to commit murder in the Sept. 7, 2016, death of Hall, who remained in Radcliff after retiring from Fort Knox and the death of his wife.

    “The murder occurred as part of the robbery,” Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Chris McCrary has said.

    Hall died from multiple blows to his head and face and from being stabbed in the neck, officials said.

    Pearson also was indicted on complicity to first-degree robbery and complicity to tampering with physical evidence charges.

    He is accused of taking an oxygen tank Hall used from the victim’s residence and throwing it “into a rocky terrain in an effort to conceal it from police,” according to his indictment.

    Hall was found after Radcliff Police Department officers performed a welfare check Sept. 9, 2016, after neighbors said Hall hadn’t been seen for a few days.

    Pearson was arrested Sept. 13, 2016. He will stand trial Jan. 14.

    James-Venerable, who was 16 when Hall was killed, accepted a plea deal in February that recommends she serve 20 to 50 years or life in prison, with parole eligibility after 20 years.

    The agreement also includes assurances she will testify against Pearson. Should James-Venerable not provide honest testimony, the commonwealth will remove the offer and she will be sentenced to life without parole.

    She was charged with complicity to commit murder; first-degree burglary; first-degree receiving stolen property — firearm; and tampering with physical evidence.

    McCrary has said she was a witness to Hall’s murder.

    Pearson has been lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center since his arrest. His bond was increased from a $350,000 cash bond to $1 million following his indictment.

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    Sentencing postponed for accomplice in 2016 murder case

    16 at the time, teen has pending plea deal related to robbery, death of Norman Hall

    JEFF D’ALESSIO
    The News-Enterprise

    A Radcliff teen, who authorities say was an accomplice in the September 2016 slaying of a U.S. Army veteran inside his townhouse, won’t be sentenced Tuesday in Hardin Circuit Court as scheduled.

    Eloysia James-Ven*erable, who was 16 when she and Aaron Pearson reportedly entered the home of Norman Hall, now is expected to be sentenced to serve 20 to 50 years or life in prison, with parole eligibility after 20 years, following Pearson’s January trial.

    Hall, 71, was found Sept. 9, 2016, by Rad*cliff police who were asked to perform a welfare check. Officers found him beaten to death.

    James-Venerable, 18, accepted a plea deal earlier this year. The agreement hinges on her testimony against Pearson, 25, of Rad*cliff. Should James-Venerable not provide honest testimony, the Commonwealth could withdraw the offer and she will be sentenced to life without parole.

    Pearson is scheduled for trial Jan. 14. The Hardin County Comm*on*wealth Att*or*ney’s Office is seeking the death penalty in the case.

    Once Pearson’s trial concludes, James-Venerable is expected to be sentenced, Assistant Commonwealth’s Att*orney Chris McCray said.

    Authorities believe Pearson and James-Venerable went to Hall’s Pin Oak Court home to rob him and when Hall, who needed oxygen to go about his daily life, confronted the pair, he was killed. A widower, Hall died from multiple blows to his head and face and from being stabbed in the neck, officials said.

    Authorities believe Pearson killed Hall and James-Venerable was an “eyewitness’’ to the homicide, McCray said after a March hearing in the case.

    “She was present at the robbery of Mr. Hall,” McCray said. “She was an eyewitness. There will be evidence that Mr. Pearson committed the murder.”

    Mc*Crary said “the murder occurred as part of the robbery.”

    James-Venerable originally was charged with complicity to commit murder; first-degree burglary; first-degree receiving stolen property — firearm; and tampering with physical evidence. As part of the plea deal, the tampering with physical evidence and receiving stolen property charges were dismissed and the burglary charge was amended to first-degree robbery.

    James-Venerable has been in the Hardin County Detention Center since Sept. 25, 2017. She previously was held at a juvenile facility.

    Pearson has been lodged in the Hardin County Detention Cent*er since Sept. 13, 2016. He is being held on a $1 million cash bond.

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    Jury Selection to Begin for Aaron Pearson

    In September 2016, Norman Hall, 71, was killed inside his apartment. Aaron Pearson, 26, of Radcliff, and Eloysia James-Venerable, 19, of Radcliff, were charged with murder in the homicide. Pearson’s trial is scheduled to start this week in Hardin Circuit Court with jury selection, while James-Venerable has accepted a plea deal of 20 to 50 years or life in prison, with parole eligibility after 20 years, in exchange for truthful testimony at the trial.

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    Kentucky prosecutor drops death penalty, saying witness lied

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    ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A death penalty case has unraveled in Kentucky, where a prosecutor said he can't go forward because a key witness can't be truthful at trial.

    Hardin County prosecutor Shane Young said no physical evidence shows Aaron Pearson was complicit in the murder of 71-year-old Army veteran Norman Hall.

    Young said testimony from another suspect, Eloysia James-Venerable, was key to a conviction. She was given a plea deal limiting her time to at least 20 years if she would tell the truth.

    But the prosecutor said she's proven untruthful, and he can't pursue capital punishment if he's "not 100% certain" about her testimony.

    The News-Enterprise reports that Pearson accepted a plea deal of 15 years on lesser charges. Young said he'll now pursue a life sentence for his former key witness.

    https://news.yahoo.com/kentucky-pros...150950466.html
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