'Hellhounds coming for you': Loved ones of grandmother murdered in carjacking blast her 'demon' teen killer at his sentencing

Loved ones of a 73-year-old grandmother murdered in a 2022 New Orleans carjacking during which her arm was torn off blasted her "demon" teen killer at his sentencing Friday, in which he got life in prison.

'Hellhounds coming for you'

Kathy Richard — a sister-in-law of the victim, Linda Frickey — said she'd fight to keep 18-year-old John Honore behind bars if he ever appears before the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Parole, NOLA.com reported.

"When you take your last breath, may the only thing you hear be the hellhounds coming for you, to drag your a** back down to where you belong," Richard said to Honore — who was 17 at the time of the carjacking — at the hearing, according to NOLA. "Personally, I hope you don’t make it out of [prison] and that those hellhounds come after you quick."

Jinnylynn Frickey, Frickey's sister, said outside the courthouse that Honore "got what he deserved."

“He’s a little jerk, he’s a little punk, OK? And he deserves to go where he's going. He is a demon, and God saw that demon that day, and that’s how ... Linda’s arm got severed ... we put away the demons now. And the future demons, they better look out because the DA’s office is not playing anymore," Frickey added.

What's the background?

Frickey on March 21, 2022, was dragged for a block next to her stolen vehicle, her arm was torn off, and she died of blunt force injuries on the street, NOLA reported in a previous story, citing a coroner’s report.

It took a day for police to arrest the four teenagers involved in the carjacking, NOLA said, adding that some of their parents turned them in. District Attorney Jason Williams decided to charge all four as adults, and all four were charged with second-degree murder and faced life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years, the outlet said.

According to prosecutors, Honore — who was the only one to plead not guilty — punched and kicked Frickey, threw her from her SUV, then got behind the steering wheel while Frickey was caught in a seatbelt, NOLA said.

The other three teens — Briniyah Baker, 17, Lenyra Theophile, 16, and Mar'Qel Curtis, 16 — pleaded guilty to reduced charges of attempted manslaughter on the day their November murder trial was set to begin. They each were sentenced to 20 years in prison.

A jury deliberated four hours in a one-day trial Nov. 27 before convicting Honore of second-degree murder, NOLA said.

On Friday, Criminal District Court Judge Kimya Holmes handed down Honore's mandatory life sentence, the outlet reported. Because Honore was 17, a juvenile, at the time of Frickey's killing, NOLA said Honore will have a chance of parole after 25 years. The outlet noted that he wasn't eligible for the death penalty because the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 outlawed execution of minors.

While NOLA said a number of individuals took the stand in Honore's defense, noting that his difficult upbringing contributed to his poor decisions, a WDSU-TV video report indicated that a jailhouse phone call was played in court during which Honore was heard "rapping" and making a comment directed to prosecutors saying "forget those people."

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