A missing 25-year-old man was found dead in south Philadelphia late last week, and now, police are trying to determine if his horrific death comes in connection with a possible seven-figure lottery win.
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The 27-year-old mystery behind who murdered schoolboy Rikki Neave was finally ended in court today. A jury deliberated for 36 hours and 31 minutes to convict 41-year-old "fantastist" James Watson by a majority verdict of 10 to two following an 11-week trial at the Old Bailey.
Rikki’s sister Rochelle Neave, 30, hailed the verdict as a "victory" for the family who had campaigned for justice. She said, "He thought he’d got away with it for many years and believed we were just going to go away and roll under the table - we weren't."
She remembered her brother as a "cheeky" and "loving" boy, who would look after his siblings. Youngest sister Sheradyn Neave, 27, who was a baby when Rikki died, added, "I think we were let down by the police at the time, we were let down by social services, we were let down by everyone who was in our lives who was meant to care."
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The verdict will also come as long-awaited vindication for Rikki’s mother Ruth Neave, who was cleared of killing her son in 1996. Watson was 13 when he lured six-year-old Rikki to woods near his home in Peterborough on November 28 1994.
He strangled the boy from behind with a ligature or anorak collar to fulfil a "morbid fantasy" he had told his mother about three days before. He stripped Rikki and posed his naked body in a star shape for sexual gratification, deliberately "exhibiting" him near a children’s woodland den, jurors were told.
Rikki was reported missing that evening by Ms Neave and found the next day. Watson obsessed over newspaper coverage of the killing, copying front page stories at school.
The next month, he was interviewed as a witness
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