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Louis Coleman, of Providence, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for the death of Jassy Correia, of Dorchester on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
Corriera was reported missing after leaving her birthday celebration at Venu Nightclub in downtown Boston in the overnight hours of Sunday, February 24, 2019, authorities reported.
Shortly after 2 a.m., Correia got separated from her friends and tried to getting a ride home from an Uber driver who was outside the club.
Correia tried getting into the car, but the driver pushed her out because he was waiting for another group. Surveillance footage later captured Coleman approaching Correia, who offered her a ride back to her friend's apartment.
Correia was last seen getting into Coleman's red Nissan Altima in the area of Tremont and Herald Streets, Boston Police reported.
Coleman then headed to his Providence apartment. Surveillance footage from outside his apartment complex showed Coleman leaving his car and returning with a blanket around 4:15 a.m that same night, the US Attorney's Office reports.
Coleman was then seen carrying a body slung over his shoulder from the car to the building. He later brought the body towards his apartment. Days later, at 1:15 a.m. on Feb. 28, Coleman was seen struggling to lift a suitcase that he wheeled from his apartment to his car. He drove away later that morning.
That afternoon, Coleman was stopped on I-95 south near Wilmington, DE. Correia's body was found stuffed inside the same suitcase in his trunk, wrapped in a blanket and bound with duct tape in the fetal position, the office reports.
Correia also had significant bruising, a bloodied face and was covered in baking soda. The medical examiner determined Correia died from strangulation and found evidence that she was sexually assaulted. Correia was the mother of an infant daughter.
“This crime was gut-wrenching and there is no question today’s sentence is just. Louis Coleman took Jassy Correia’s life—a life full of promise, away from her," FBI Special Agent in Charge Joseph Bonavolonta said.
"No sentence can bring solace to her family, and it cannot erase the harm he inflicted, but thanks to the tireless efforts of our Violent Crimes Task Force along with the Boston, Providence, and Delaware State Police Departments, we were able to remove this dangerous threat from our community so he can’t hurt anyone else."
Coleman was previously arrested and charged in March 2019 and was subsequently indicted by a federal grand jury in April 2019, the US Attorney's Office reports. He was found guilty on one count of kidnapping, resulting in death in June.
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