Finally guilty

Nicole Szeto

3.2.09

English 1B

Gabor

Santa Clara handyman found guilty after 30 years.


After 30 years, Mary Quigley’s mother has finally had her dreams come true, which was to have the murder and rapist of her daughter be proven guilty. Until Monday the jury found Archibeque guilty of first-degree murder and raping his former classmate, Quigley. She was found strangled to a fence by her sash she wore that day and stripped nude except for her socks and shoes. Witnesses were able to identify Archibeque more easily as the murder and rapist because of his glass eye. The evidence of Archibeque’s semen convinced the jury that he was guilty and that he will face a lifetime in person due to his past actions. Many people who knew Archibeque always thought he was the strange one and thought he was always the odd ball out of all the people in the glass. During the 30 years Archibeque was a free man he dropped out of high school and spent 3 years in prison for raping another 16 year old girl. He also worked at Pizza Hut and became a handy man for his mother’s four rental properties. Since Archibeque raped and murder Quigley in 1977, he will have to abide by the 1977 rules which would be a life in prison instead of abiding by today’s rules which is a minimum of 25 years in jail. It is good to know that people have not given up on this case after 30 years. Without witnesses and evidence Archibeque would still be roaming around Santa Clara and who knows, maybe go back to his own ways and rape another 16-year old.