2 sentenced to life in prison for pregnant woman's murder

2 sentenced to life in prison for pregnant woman's murder

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Two Rhode Island men will spend the rest of their lives behind bars for leaving a woman for dead in a Coventry pond. Gary Gromkiewicz, 37, of Lincoln, and Michael Lambert, 47, of Pawtucket, were sentenced to life in prison for murder, plus 10 more years for conspiracy. They were both found guilty in January of killing 34-year-old Leila Duarte Da Luz. In court Friday, Gromkiewicz got up and tried to fire his lawyer while…

Men convicted of murdering pregnant woman in Coventry sentenced to life

WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE) — Two men convicted of murdering a pregnant woman in Coventry in 2022 were sentenced Friday. Gary Gromkiewicz and Michael Lambert were both sentenced to life in prison. Gromkiewicz and Lambert were both found guilty on all counts for the murder of Leila Duarte Da Luz in January. Da Luz was Gromkiewicz’s ex-girlfriend and was pregnant with his child. Authorities said the two killers, who met in prison, picked up Da Luz in Bro…

Two Rhode Island men sentenced to prison for killing pregnant Massachusetts woman

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter Neronha announced today that two Rhode Island men were sentenced in Kent County Superior Court for the murder of Leila Duarte DaLuz of Brockton, whose body was recovered from Carbuncle Pond in Coventry on December 21, 2022. At a hearing on Friday, Superio