Brandon Letman Convicted of 2016 Murders of Ashley Spence and Cameron Mounds Jr. in Hartford

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05/09/2024

Brandon Letman Convicted of 2016 Murders of Ashley Spence and Cameron Mounds Jr. in Hartford

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(Rocky Hill, CT) - Chief State's Attorney Patrick J. Griffin announced that a Hartford Superior Court jury today found Brandon Letman, age 31, guilty of two counts of Murder in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-54a, Murder with Special Circumstances (Multiple Victims) in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-54b(7), Criminal Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-217(a)(1) and three counts of Tampering with a Witness in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-151. The convictions stem from the 2016 fatal shootings of Ashley Spence, 21, and Cameron Mounds Jr., 19, in Hartford.

According to evidence at trial, Hartford police responding to a call on Enfield Street in Hartford on the evening of June 21, 2016 found the victims outside suffering from fatal gunshot wounds. In 2019, Letman was charged in connection with the case following a joint investigation by the Cold Case Unit of the Office of the Chief State's Attorney, the Hartford State's Attorney's Office, the Hartford Police Department and the Connecticut Department of Correction. The extensive investigation included following up with multiple witnesses who had information about the fatal shootings.

Supervisory Assistant State's Attorney John F. Fahey, head of the Cold Case Unit, and Senior Assistant State's Attorney Robin Krawczyk, who bothprosecuted the case, are grateful to investigators in the Cold Case Unit, the Hartford State's Attorney's Office, the Hartford Police Department and the Connecticut Department of Correction.

"We in the Cold Case Unit, as well as members of the victims' families, are grateful to the jury on this case who listened attentively to the evidence and deliberated carefully in arriving at this verdict," Supervisory Assistant State's Attorney Fahey said. "We are also grateful for the jury's careful consideration of the witness tampering charges. Witness tampering interferes with the administration of justice and jurors recognized that and held the defendant accountable."

The Honorable Michael J. Gustafson presided over the trial. Sentencing is scheduled for July 18, 2024 in Hartford Superior Court.

The Cold Case Unit is comprised of prosecutors and investigators from the Division of Criminal Justice who work closely on cold cases with the Connecticut State Police and municipal police departments. The Cold Case Unit in the Office of the Chief State's Attorney currently includes Inspectors from the Division of Criminal Justice as well as investigators from the Hartford Police Department, Connecticut Department of Correction and other local police departments. For more information about the Unit, visit the Division of Criminal Justice's websiteor the Unit's Facebook page.

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