{"id":133403,"date":"2019-10-21T17:04:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T21:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=133403"},"modified":"2019-10-21T17:08:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T21:08:16","slug":"man-sentenced-for-horrific-murder-of-teenage-ex-girlfriend-whose-body-was-found-on-hs-bleachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/man-sentenced-for-horrific-murder-of-teenage-ex-girlfriend-whose-body-was-found-on-hs-bleachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Sentenced For Horrific Murder of Teenage Ex-Girlfriend Whose Bound Body Was Found on HS Bleachers"},"content":{"rendered":"

BALTIMORE — Christopher Rather was sentenced today to 43 years in prison for the murder of Jasmine Pierce-Morris. Assistant State\u2019s Attorneys Bethany Durand and Shaundria Hanna prosecuted the case.<\/p>\n

Around 10:30 am on June 12, 2018, in the 2400 block of Westfield Avenue, a woman walking her dog found the body of 19-year-old Jasmine Pierce-Morris on the bleachers of the Reginald F. Lewis practice football field. The victim\u2019s body was discovered face down with her hands bound with rope behind her back. The autopsy results showed that Pierce-Morris suffered multiple fractures to her skull, multiple stab wounds and signs of strangulation.<\/p>\n

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At the crime scene, BPD detectives recovered a junior prom picture of the victim and a male, later identified as Christopher Rather. Through further investigation, BPD detectives learned that Pierce-Morris was planning to meet the defendant, who was her ex-boyfriend, at the crime scene the night before her body was discovered.<\/p>\n

One of her final text messages to her friend said: ‘Soooo, Chris wanted to talk to me today right. I\u2019m meeting him at this football field. I think this goin be our last conversation. He told me he was leaving, might be going to California or Hawaii. Imma find out when he get here but ain\u2019t that good news?!?’<\/em><\/p>\n

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Rather was taken into custody, questioned, and provided an alibi for the night of June 11, 2018. However, the alibi witness told police that he was not with Rather the night of the murder and that the defendant asked him to lie and tell the police they were together.<\/p>\n

DNA of the defendant was found on the rope that was around the victim\u2019s neck and on the rope around the victim\u2019s wrists. A mixture of DNA from the defendant and the victim was also found on Rather\u2019s shoe when he was taken into custody. Additionally, detectives located a towel from the defendant\u2019s trash at the Eastern Landfill in Baltimore County which had the victim\u2019s DNA on it.<\/p>\n