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4th Suspect Sought in Schoolyard Executions

Posted Aug 12, 07 10:31 CDT in Crime & Courts,  US 

(Newser) – An arrest warrant has been issued for a fourth male believed to be involved in a triple schoolyard execution that has rocked the community of Newark—and as many as six people may have been involved, reports the Newark Star Ledger. Nicaraguan national Rodolfo Godinez, 24, is considered a "principal player" in the crime, according to police. 

Three others are already in custody. The grief-stricken community yesterday laid to rest three college students shot in the head execution-style as they were hanging out in a local schoolyard. "Love your children, hug your children," said the mother of one of the victims.  "Tell them you feel them and you understand them. Because one day, they may not be there."

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People hold posters showing friends DaShon Harvey, 20, Terrance Aeriel, 18, and Iofemi Hightower, 20, at the funeral for Hightower at the Grace Temple Baptist Church in Newark Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007....   (Associated Press)
This photo provided by Newark police in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007, shows Rodolfo Godinez, 24, of Newark who is wanted in connection with the killings of three college students who were lined...   (Associated Press)
People hug as they leave the funeral for Iofemi Hightower, 20, at the Grace Temple Baptist Church in Newark, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007. Hightower and two other college students were lined up and fatally...   (Associated Press)
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