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After nine years, a cold case has been solved thanks to a deck of playing cards that highlights unsolved homicides and disappearances. In early January of 2006, Derrick Comrie was leaving from a basketball game at a local high school. While in the car, Hector Torres shot Comrie in the face with a shotgun. The two had been in a dispute previously and Torres had been planning this revenge killing. Torres admitted his role in the killing while in prison. He is taking a plea deal.
http://www.ctnow.com/news/hc-hartford-cold-case-murder-0605-20150605,0,5231238.story
Another man was charged with Comrie's murder in 2006 but was later acquitted:
Man Acquitted In City Murder Case - January 23rd, 2007
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http://www.ctnow.com/news/hc-hartford-cold-case-murder-0605-20150605,0,5231238.story
Under a plea agreement, Torres, 27, faces 30 to 38 years in prison for killing Comrie when he is sentenced July 9, court records show.
Torres will be sentenced the same day on charges of being an accessory to murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the Dec. 7, 2009, shooting of Luis "Berto" Benitez. Benitez died of his wounds several months later.
Another man was charged with Comrie's murder in 2006 but was later acquitted:
Man Acquitted In City Murder Case - January 23rd, 2007
Other Articles:
Shooting of Wethersfield man is Hartford's 3rd homicide of 2006
Cold case playing cards lead to murder conviction