Justina Morley Pennsylvania: The Whistleblower Speaks Out

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According to court documents Justina Morley lured the victim Jason Sweeney to a remote location with the promise of sex where he would be fatally attacked by Edward Batzig, Domenic and Nicholas Cola. But prosecutors say Jason’s murder could only happen because this young woman, 15-year-old Justina Morley , allegedly lured him to an empty lot for sex and the group wanted to steal his $500. Reports suggested he was unaware that Justina had sexual relationships with two of his friends — Nicholas Coia and Edward. Police sources stated the quartet conceived the plan to kill Jason and steal his paycheck days before the crime occurred. Justina Morley was a 15-year-old Catholic school eighth-grader when she lured Sweeney to a remote meeting place, where he was pummeled with a hatchet, a hammer and rocks. The teen killers spent. Justina Morley also faced murder charges, but, due to her age, was exempt from the death penalty. Though the goal was to charge all participants in the unacceptable murder case as adults, Justina’s lawyer did his best to have her tried as a juvenile in light of her struggle with depression. Justina Morley , Batzig and Coia’s brother, Nicholas Coia, 16 – all charged with murder – abused heroin, marijuana and prescription drugs, according to court testimony. In May of 2003, in a wooded region of Fishtown bordering the Delaware called “ The Trails”, a 15-year-old local girl named Justina Morley used promises of sex to bait her then-boyfriend Jason. Sweeney’s girlfriend, Justina Morley , 15, is also charged with murder but is too young to be executed. The brutal nature of the crime stunned even the veteran city judge assigned to Tuesday’s. According to a police transcript made available to the paper, Dominic admitted under questioning that Justina Morley had been the bait to get Sweeney to the area.