Murders of Jourdan Bobbish and Jacob Kudla
American double murder
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Victims
Jacob Kudla, 18, was a student at Schoolcraft College. Jourdan Bobbish, 17, was a high school senior.[7]
Aftermath
When Kudla and Bobbish were reported missing, an area-wide search was mounted.[8][9] Their bodies were discovered in a vacant parking lot by a waste picker.[10][11] They were later found to have been unusually brutally murdered.[12][13]
Details of the murders emerged during the trial. A witness said that she heard the victims begging for their lives, and that the suspects told them they could leave but killed them anyway.[12][14]
Before being sentenced Young gave a statement to the court saying "I'd like to say sorry to the family of Aiyana Jones, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and I want to apologize for them for not being able to get justice for their loved ones who were murdered in cold blood and in respect for the peaceful protest I want to say hands up, don't shoot, black lives matter."[1][15] Video of his statement went viral.[16]
Hunter had already been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the unrelated August 9, 2012, murder of John Villneff, a military veteran, during a burglary on Rutland Street in Detroit.[17] The following day, he and another man murdered Joshua Hayes during a burglary. After Chanel McDonald distracted Hayes by performing oral sex on him, Hunter and Jerry Pringle shot Hayes in the head.[18] Hunter was convicted of first-degree murder in this case and received another life term. Pringle and McDonald both pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Pringle was sentenced to 42 to 82 years in prison, while McDonald was sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison and was paroled in 2022.[19][20]