Army private Caleb Barnes, accused of murder, claims then-14-year-old girlfriend murdered her own mother
21-year-old soldier Caleb Barnes, accused of murdering girlfriend’s mother says she was killed by her own daughter
Barnes allegedly killed Cheryl Silvonek, 54, last year, girlfriend Jamie Silvonek, then 14 has already pled guilty to her fatally stabbing her mother
Prosecutors insist Barnes actually stabbed Cheryl Silvonek to death
Barnes claims Jamie wanted her mother dead because she hated the age gap in their relationship
Caleb Barnes
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Cable Barnes, 21 a Pfc with the UA Army accused of murder claims his then-14-year-old girlfriend is the only one to blame for her mother’s death. .Army Spc. Caleb Barnes allegedly killed Cheryl Silvonek, 54, with the help of schoolgirl Jamie Silvonek in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in March 2015.The teenager already pleaad guilty to killing her mom, and has been sentenced to 35 years in jail, but Barnes insists he has nothing to do with the slaying.His lawyer told the jury his client was innocent at the beginning of his trial.
Jamie Slivonek
Accused killer Army Spc. Caleb Barnes claims his then-14-year-old girlfriend Jamie Silvonek is the only one to blame for her mother’s death
He added that Silvonek wanted her mother dead. He calls her a liar and manipulator.
Cheryl Silvonek
Barnes allegedly killed Cheryl Silvonek, 54, with the help of schoolgirl Jamie Silvonek in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in March 2015
The attorney said the victim objected to the age difference between Barnes and her daughter.But prosecutors say it was Barnes who wielded the knife when Cheryl Silvonek was fatally stabbed in 2015.
Jamie Silvonek, who’s now 15, has agreed to testify against Barnes.
Investigators have said they recovered deleted text messages between her and Barnes in which the teen was plotting her mother’s killing, including one that read: ‘I want her gone.’Miss Silvonek also admitted criminal conspiracy, evidence-tampering and abuse of a corpse following the slaying of her mother.
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‘I was a monster. There is no sugarcoating it and there is absolutely no sympathy,’ the girl told the court.
Miss Silvonek said the couple discussed killing her mother for a week and Barnes talked about weapons he planned to use.
Barnes insists he was nothing to do with the slaying, claiming Silvonek wanted her mom dead because she disagreed with their age gap
Jamie Silvonek, who’s now 15, has agreed to testify against Barnes. Investigators have said they recovered deleted text messages between her and Barnes in which the teen was plotting her mother’s killing, including one that read: ‘I want her gone’
‘He had proposed that we kill her and we had discussed things such as luring her away, me luring her away,’ Miss Silvonek said.
And he made a comment such as, “I already have my knives picked out”.’
The teenager, who was charged as an adult, was accused of conspiring with Barnes to kill her mother in the driveway of her home.
Prosecutors allege that Barnes stabbed Ms Silvonek before going to a restaurant with her daughter and then buying gloves and bleach.
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