Earlier this week, court heard if it wasn’t for Jazmyne Night, the fatal shooting of Lorry Santos on Sept. 12, 2012, would likely have become a cold case.
On Wednesday in Saskatoon, Night took the stand describing the inner workings of the White Boy Posse, an Alberta-based street gang. She testified she became a runner for the gang and eventually moved her way up to supplying drugs and running a crew of five people underneath her.
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During her testimony, Night said she worked for Joshua Petrin selling up to $20,000 in drugs a week and that White Boy Posse gang members armed with handguns wasn’t unusual.
When she tried to leave the gang, she was severely beaten at the direction of Petrin and feared for her life in the days and weeks to follow.
On Dec. 1, 2012, she would become a vital person in the case after she agreed to provide a statement to police in exchange for $2,500 then and $12,500 for testifying on Wednesday – money she planned to use to go into hiding if need be.
She also told officers with the Saskatoon Police Service that the only way she’d testify was if two or more gang members with the same ranking provided testimony as well.
Three days later on Dec. 4, 2012, Joshua Petrin along with Randy O’Hagan and another man protected by a publication ban would be arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of Lorry Santos after she was fatally shot with the use of two handguns.
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The intended hit was for a former gang member known as “T.J.” but gang members were given the wrong address.
On Wednesday, court heard from a witness that may have explained the confusion with the home address. Melissa Star testified to giving an address to a woman looking for her ex. That address was 203 Peterson Crescent which doesn’t exist.
At the time of the shooting, the Santos family had lived at 203 Peterson Terrace and even today if someone were to Google 203 Peterson Crescent, the Santos family address comes up.
The third witness of the day was Lorry Santos’ husband Ferdinand, who was expected to take the stand Tuesday. He testified that the morning of Sept. 12, 2012, the couples’ daily routine had just begun.
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While Santos was in bed with their baby, Ferdinand went into the bathroom and that’s when he heard a series of gunshots fired off so loudly he thought whoever had fired them must have been inside the home.
At least seven shots were fired according to his testimony, he went by the baby and that’s when he found his wife lying face down. One of the couples’ other children who had awoke to the sound of the doorbell being rung was already on the phone with 911.
He held Santos, talked to her and said when paramedics took her away that would be the last time he would see his wife alive.
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