Peggie Ritzer was the last of nine people to read victim-impact statements at the sentencing hearing Friday for 17-year-old Philip Chism (CHIHZ'-uhm). He was 14 when he killed Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer in 2013. Her father, Tom, said a Philip Chism, 17, was convicted in December of killing Colleen Ritzer, a 24-year-old math … Read more
Laura Crimaldi · @lauracrimaldi. Many of Colleen Ritzer's relatives and friends are wearing pink, her favorite color. 6:19 AM – 26 Feb 2016 · ReplayRetweetFavorite · Laura Crimaldi @lauracrimaldi .@DAJonBlodgett has arrived for sentencing of #PhilipChism. Peggie Ritzer was the last of nine people to read victim-impact statements at the sentencing hearing Friday for 17-year-old … Read more
Laura Crimaldi · @lauracrimaldi. Many of Colleen Ritzer's relatives and friends are wearing pink, her favorite color. 6:19 AM – 26 Feb 2016 · ReplayRetweetFavorite · Laura Crimaldi @lauracrimaldi .@DAJonBlodgett has arrived for sentencing of #PhilipChism. A Salem Superior Court judge has sentenced Philip Chism to 25 years to life in prison, with the possibility … Read more
But a defense attorney for Philip Chism said the then-14-year-old was in “the throes of mental illness” when he killed 24-year-old Colleen Ritzer shortly after he moved to Massachusetts from Clarksville, Tennessee. Jurors deliberated for a little over "She grew up here, everyone knew her, very well loved in all accounts," Steve Pangione said. The … Read more
SALEM — Colleen Ritzer was likely alive when Philip Chism dragged her body into the woods behind Danvers High School and raped her with a branch, an assistant district attorney said in Essex Superior Court Monday after the prosecution rested its case. SALEM — Colleen Ritzer was likely alive when Philip Chism dragged her body … Read more