'Mass Murderer' Killed Mom-to-Be and 3 Others as They Lay on Their Mattresses in Ohio Home

Mar. 15, 2025

Dejuan Damar Willis (left); Christopher Monroe; Aiyanna Quitman; and Jazmyne Lawson.Photo:National Gun Violence Memorial (4)

National Gun Violence Memorial (4)

An Ohio man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing five people, including a pregnant teenager, in 2019.

Silver, 35, went into the home where the victims were staying and shot them several times, per the statement. He then fled the scene.

Terrell Silver.Cuyahoga County Sheriff

Cuyahoga County Sheriff

Silver was found guilty in September of seven counts of aggravated murder, four counts of murder, five counts of felonious assault, one count attempted murder and one count of aggravated burglary, per the prosecutor’s office.

On Monday, Sept. 30, the prosecutor’s office announced Silver has been sentenced to five consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole as well as another three decades to be served consecutively.

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At Silver’s sentencing, family members of the victims gave moving statements, perCleveland19.

“You have destroyed four families and five lives, and for what?” Aiyanna Quitman’s mother Tammy Quitman said, per the outlet. “I will never be the same. I have not been the same. I have to take anxiety medicine. Sometimes I eat, sometimes I don’t.”

Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley said in his office’s statement, “Terrell Silver is a convicted mass murderer. He is the worst of the worst. Ultimately justice for this mass murderer awaits him in prison, or hell, or both."

source: people.com