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Joe Abney of Riverside second-degree black belt in martial arts, a Big Brother and father of two young sons never expected the roller-coaster ride of raw emotions that charged through him as a juror in the trial of Christian John Gabriel in the disappearance of 9-year-old Erica Baker.
"I'm pretty level-headed," Abney said Saturday. "I had no idea the impact this would have on me ... From a personal standpoint, this has affected me tremendously."
Abney was one of five men on the 12-member jury that deliberated almost three hours Friday afternoon, then convicted Gabriel of tampering with evidence and gross abuse of a corpse.
Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Michael T. Hall immediately imposed the maximum combined sentence of six years on Gabriel, who cursed the judge and was hauled from the courtroom.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/photo/content/localnews/daily/1009juror.html
"I'm pretty level-headed," Abney said Saturday. "I had no idea the impact this would have on me ... From a personal standpoint, this has affected me tremendously."
Abney was one of five men on the 12-member jury that deliberated almost three hours Friday afternoon, then convicted Gabriel of tampering with evidence and gross abuse of a corpse.
Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Michael T. Hall immediately imposed the maximum combined sentence of six years on Gabriel, who cursed the judge and was hauled from the courtroom.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/photo/content/localnews/daily/1009juror.html