WCVB
October 29, 2013
A 30-year-old Boston man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in the 2011 fatal stabbing of a mental health counselor at the Revere group home where he lived.
A jury convicted Deshawn James Chappell of first-degree murder on Monday in the slaying of 25-year-old Stephanie Moulton of Peabody. A judge then gave him the mandatory sentence.
Prosecutors said Chappell stabbed Moulton in the throat, stole her car and dumped her body at a church parking lot in Lynn.
His defense attorney said Chappell has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and had episodes of major mental illness.The Boston Globe reports court records showed his family told the group home they were concerned he wasn’t taking his medications.
Witnesses testified Moulton and Chappell were alone at the group home when she was killed.