Boston Herald (MA)
Boston Herald (MA)
October 16, 1992 | | |
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Friend testifies suspect joked while dumping teen's body
Author: BEVERLY FORD
After stabbing his 14-year-old pregnant girlfriend to death, Jamie Fuller stripped her jewelry and then coldly joked while dumping her body, the 17-year-old best friend of the teen-age murder suspect testified yesterday. Mark DeMeule, testifying under a grant of immunity at Fuller's Salem Superior Court murder trial, said Fuller, covered in blood, described Amy Carnevale's murder in chilling detail minutes after the slaying when he joined DeMeule and two other friends who were waiting nearby.
"He said he put his hand over her mouth, said `Amy, I love you' and stabbed her in the stomach," DeMeule told a hushed courtroom.
As Carnevale tried to flee, the 16-year-old suspect grabbed her by the hair and slit her throat, DeMeule said, recounting Fuller's version of the killing.
"She was on the ground saying `I love you, Jamie,"' DeMeule said. "He said that pissed him off so he stepped on her throat."
Later on the night of Carnevale's Aug. 22, 1991 murder, DeMeule said he again spoke with Fuller, who described how he joked with another friend, Michael Maillet, as the two boys disposed of Carnevale's body in Beverly's Shoe Pond.
"He said when they threw the body over the fence (surrounding Shoe Pond) there was a loud cracking sound and (Fuller) said `Amy, don't break on me,"' said the witness, describing the scene in unemotional tones before a hushed courtroom packed with spectators.
Maillet, who has been charged as an accessory to murder in the case, is expected to testify against Fuller. Free on $25,000 bond, Maillet is scheduled to go to trial Nov. 2.
DeMeule, who said he saw Carnevale's jewelry hidden in Maillet's car after the slaying, said he later asked Fuller why he murdered the girl.
"He told me he didn't want her but nobody else was going to have her," said the witness.
Fuller, dressed in a maroon shirt and gray pants, showed no emotion as his best friend described Carnevale's gruesome slaying.
Fuller's attorney, Hugh Samson, said his client was a depressed alcoholic who was taking twice the normal dosage of steroids when he killed the eighth-grader.
Several medical experts are expected to testify about the effects steroids have on aggressive behavior when defense testimony opens next week.
During cross-examination yesterday, Samson got DeMeule to admit he noticed a change in Fuller's behavior in the year prior to the murder after the suspect began drinking and taking steroids excessively.
DeMeule admitted seeing Fuller with pills, alcohol and a needle and syringe, allegedly filled with steroids, in the months prior to the murder. DeMeule said he also noticed Fuller had become more aggressive just weeks before Carnevale's death.
Several other friends of the couple also testified yesterday that Fuller often would punch Carnevale whenever he became upset with her.
Copyright (c) 1992 Boston Herald
Record Number: BHLD38360
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