Hernandez Warren was promptly arrested in 2013 after his DNA linked him to Gloria Pointer’s murder. He subsequently confessed to the crime and told authorities that “I killed her, but why and how, I don’t know” (via Cleveland). Warren also added that “I deserve to die.” In a series of interviews, he admittted that he had raped Pointer in the stairwell while he was under the influence of drugs. After the assault, she attempted to leave. That’s when Warren pushed her down the stairs and beat her to death with either a brick or a pipe.
Per another article from Cleveland, he divulged that Pointer had pleaded for her mother before she died. The Cinemaholic states that in May 2014, Warren pled guilty to Pointer’s murder and rape. He was 59 at the time and reportedly made the plea to avoid a trial and the death penalty (per The Criminal Journal). That same month, Warren was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 30 years.
At his hearing, Pointer’s mother, Yvonne, read a poem she wrote titled “Behind the Death of a Child.” Judge Michael Astrab told Warren “[You are] a personification of the evil that exists in this world.” Warren himself addressed Yvonne and apologized. He stated that he grapples with ”the depth of pain and sorrow that I have caused your family. I am the one to blame for all of this’ (per The Cinemaholic).
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