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A Wisconsin man recently pleaded guilty to charges of child molestation and had his ex-girlfriend just days after a judge refused prosecutors’ requests to hold him in custody pending his sentencing hearing. It is said that he was murdered.
Ernest Terrell Blakney, 47, has been charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend and setting fire to his home in Milwaukee on August 25. According to FOX 6.
Milwaukee police and fire departments both arrived at the home shortly before 4:30 a.m. to find a murder victim, later identified as Nikia Rogers, 36, after receiving a “house fire” call. Did.
An autopsy revealed that Rogers died from gunshot wounds to the back and head. Her death was ruled a homicide.
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Blakney was previously charged with second-degree sexual assault and was accused in 2020 of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. He posted his $5,000 bail and was released from prison in November 2021, his complaint says.
The man pleaded guilty to a sex crime and was convicted on August 15. After pleading guilty, prosecutors demanded that Brackney be remanded into custody and sent to prison, but Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge David Boroski denied the petition and decided that Brackney should remain in prison. allowed.
according to WISNthe family of a 13-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted also demanded that Brackney be put in prison pending a sentencing hearing.
Milwaukee police allege that Blackney continued to kill his ex-girlfriend until the Oct. 20 sentencing hearing, just 10 days after Boroski refused to put him in jail.
Police have not arrested Brackney on suspicion of murdering his ex-girlfriend.
The criminal complaint alleged that Blackney may have started the fire in one of four locations:
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Witnesses who said they knew Rogers said Blackney was “crazy” and after paramedics were alerted to the fire, a phone number belonging to Rogers said, “You leave her alone.” I should have,” he said.
The witness replied, “I’m sorry,” and got a response, “She’s dead,” adding that he knew Blackney by his middle name, Terrell, and texting the phone number, “This Terrell?” .
“Yes,” the number replied, the complaint states.
Another witness also said he spoke to Blackney on the phone after the alleged murder and said, “I’m sorry,” without explaining why.
When a witness asked why Brackney was sorry, he replied, “She made me do it,” and eventually said, “I shot her.”
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When a witness asked who Brackney had shot, he allegedly replied that he shot Rogers because he was leaving the house.
Witnesses said Blakeney had a gun and was trying to burn down the house and set the tractor trailer on fire.
Police also spoke to an eyewitness who said he heard “metal collapse” while repairing a bulldozer at a construction site near the woods the night of the attack. truck key. Blakney allegedly ordered the worker to get into the trailer while pointing the gun in his direction, then locked him inside. The employee got out of the trailer and called 911.
Blakney is charged with first degree reckless murder, armed robbery, attempted mutilation of a body, possession of a firearm by a felon, felony bail escape, and wrongful imprisonment.