A man accused of killing an aspiring fashion designer in 2011 has been found not guilty, according to DNAInfo.com.
Dione Deshawn Moody, 31, was shot and killed just as he was returning to his apartment in the 2000 block of East 68th Street on Dec. 11, 2011. The shooter asked Moody for change. When Moody realized he was being robbed, he tried running into his building.
Cortez Smith, then 17, was accused of the shooting. Four young men, approximately the same age as Cortez, witnessed the incident, prosecutors said, but did not inform the police. A friend of theirs eventually came forward.
At Smith’s trial, however, testimony from the four subpoenaed witnesses was insufficient for jurors to overcome reasonable doubts, and Smith was found not guilty Jan 7.
Moody’s mother, Veronica Moody, posted on her Facebook page, “Not guilty … I’m sick to my stomach,” according to DNAInfo.com.
The original story can be found here: www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140110/south-shore-above-79th/family-of-murdered-fashion-designer-deshawn-moody-upset-over-acquittal .