Esteban Carpio

Esteban Carpio was convicted of the murder of Providence Police Detective Sgt. James Allen on 2006-04-17 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Carpio was being questioned by the Providence Police for the stabbing of an 85 year old woman. A detective left the third floor interview room, leaving Allen alone with Carpio. Carpio then took Allen's gun away and proceeded to shoot Allen twice, killing him. He then shot out and jumped from the window, but was apprehended 45 minutes later. Carpio is believed to have been physically abused by police after his capture, due to the obvious signs of trauma to his face in photos of his arraignment [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHiV4aIAazU YouTube - Extreme Makeover Police Style ] ] . This incident was investigated by the FBI but they found the police officers not guilty. His trial began 2006-06-08.

On 2006-06-27, a jury found Esteban Carpio guilty of the murder of Detective Sgt. James L. Allen and the stabbing of Madeline Gatta. The jury rejected Carpio's insanity defense. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

References

* cite news |first = Kate |last = Bramson |coauthors = Steve Peoples
url = http://www.projo.com/metro/content/projo-20060608-carpio.67463fce.html
title = Opening Statements Lay Out Carpio Trial Strategies
publisher = The Providence Journal |date = 2006-06-08 |accessdate = 2006-06-09

* cite news |first = Jonathan |last = Saltzman |coauthors = John Ellement
url = http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/04/19/man_arraigned_in_officers_death/
title = Man arraigned in officer's death
publisher = The Boston Globe |date = 2005-04-19 |accessdate = 2006-11-20

* cite news
url = http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=2551695
title = Killer of R.I. Cop Sentenced to Life
publisher = ABC News |date = 2006-10-10 |accessdate = 2007-08-08

http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20060628_carpio28.18f7510.html

Footnotes

http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20060628_carpio28.18f7510.html

External links

* [http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1174621161/Criminal_Shoots_a_Cop_in_the_Face_and_Gets_Completely_Annhilated News report video showing Esteban Carpio's face post arrest]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHiV4aIAazU Video footage]