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Conroy May Be Able To Testify That Chris Overton Stabbed Lucero

Posted April 8, 2010 by Patrick Young, Esq.
Categories: Hate Watch

Yesterday Judge Robert Doyle ruled that Jeff Conroy, who has confessed to stabbing Marcelo Lucero, would not be allowed to testify that one of his confederates, Chris Overton, had told him that he, Overton, had stabbed Lucero. It appears that the judge may reverse that ruling today.

If allowed to testify on this, Conroy is expected to claim that after the attack on Lucero that left the Ecuadoran immigrant bleeding to death, Overton told Conroy that he had stabbed Lucero and that Overton had given him the bloody knife later found on Conroy. Supposedly, Overton asked Conroy to take the rap because Overton was awaiting sentencing for an earlier home invasion that took the life of an African American man.

There are a number of problems with this defense. Conroy confessed to the Lucero stabbing to two cops, the first time less than a half hour after the attack. He signed a detailed written statement admitting guilt, including a hand drawn map showing where he stabbed Lucero. He also announced to several of his companions that he had stabbed Lucero immediately after the crime. If he was trying to mislead the police, why make such a statement to your companions within seconds of the stabbing while you still believe you are going to escape?

Also, who was Chris Overton to Jeff Conoy? Overton was new to Patchogue Medford High School and Conroy had met him less than a week before the killing. What are the odds that Conroy would take the rap for a kid he barely knew?

And even if he did lie when he told the arresting officer that he was responsible for the stabbing in the panic of the immediate post-stabbing minutes, why was he sticking with this story hours later in talking to a detective when Conroy knew this was a homicide? Even if Conroy were the most selfless man in Suffolk and willing to go down for Overton on an attempted murder charge, is there any possibility that he loved his associate so much that he would willingly face a murder conviction?

Not likely.

Tags : christopher overton, jeffrey conroy, marcelo lucero

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