When a 22-year-old man was murdered, his ex-girlfriend with a historical past of violence was the chief suspect. However prosecutors needed to eradicate her twin sister as a potential suspect earlier than they may convict her.
Within the case towards Kyla Lett for the homicide of her boyfriend, Chryjhonne Rainey, authorities needed to be ready in case Kyla Lett tried to plant the concept that her twin sister Kayla Lett was the shooter, Fulton County Chief Senior Assistant District Lawyer Nalda Charles stated.
Charles stated eliminating a possible query mark for the jury was a part of the rationale Kayla was the primary witness she known as in Kyla’s trial.
Kayla testified she dropped off Kyla and her boyfriend at a Greyhound bus station in Ohio, the place they’d take a bus to Atlanta.
Kayla confirmed it was her sister Kyla on a MARTA practice on a video that Atlanta police discovered on Chryjhonne’s cellphone that he recorded about two hours earlier than the homicide.
Kayla testified she was in Ohio on the time.
“She (Kayla) completely, undoubtedly didn’t execute Chryjhonne Rainey,” Charles stated.
Charles stated Lyft data positioned Kyla in metro Atlanta on the day of the capturing at a West Finish laundromat on October 8, 2022.
Assistant District Lawyer Michelle Andrews stated the couple’s relationship was poisonous. They cut up whereas in Atlanta and Wet took Kyla’s belongings from the motel room they’d shared, which is the obvious motive for the homicide.
Kyla Lett was convicted by a jury on March 28, 2025.
“We had one twin in a single state and one twin within the different,” Andrews informed Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Mark Winne. “Choose Carnesale sentenced her to life with out the opportunity of parole plus 5 years.”
Andrews stated Rainey repeatedly known as 911 reporting a lady pulled a gun on him. In a single name he recommended he knew her, however didn’t know her identify, the type of factor a home violence sufferer would possibly do to guard the abuser.
The defendant is a younger, enticing lady. Not somebody that we’d stereotypically put as a home violence abuser. However but she takes the lifetime of an harmless 22-year-old,” Fulton County District Lawyer Fani Willis stated. “I actually grieve for this mom.”
“Kyla by no means admitted it was her in any of those movies or any of those images,” Charles stated.
There was numerous video associated to the case, together with footage of the capturing. Kyla modified her outfits, however her footwear, seen in surveillance footage, helped determine her.
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