The Riverhead Central School District Board of Education approved new hires last Wednesday for two positions in the office of Pupil Personnel Services. An appeals court overturned the first conviction, ruling that the jury in her 1999 trial received incorrect instructions regarding DNA evidence. Our thoughts and prayers are with the students family and friends at this time.. A Riverhead High School student threatened students and faculty on Wednesday, police say. The victim's mother, Viola Morning, left the courtroom saying: ''Finally, Kalila is getting what she deserves. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. They moved away unable to cope after their daughter's murder. When 17-year-old Curtisha Morning, a promising and popular senior at Riverhead High School, disappeared a year and a half ago, her parents repeatedly told the police that she was not the type of . The victim was a 17-year-old homecoming queen. Mattituck, NY 11952. The survival of local journalism depends on your support. I just want justice for Curtisha.". The shaken community, frantic that a sexual killer was on the loose, was stunned when Curtisha Morning's female classmate, Kalila Taylor, also 17 years old, was arrested and convicted in the vicious violent murder. However, after therapy and medication she is now deemed fit for re-trial. The dispute erupted into gunfire and a teenage boy was killed, he said. Rehashing the details of the tragedy have made the pain fresh, Morning said. They have no witnesses, and that's because Kalila didn't do it. Ms. Parsons said her daughter had been on the way to a school bathroom when a security guard sent her back to her classroom. . After she was originally found guilty in 1999, the case was thrown out in 2004 after an appellate court determined that a judge gave incorrect instructions to the convicting jury. ", Of reliving the agony of her daughter's murder in court, Morning said, "It's really rough.". Police charge woman with murder in March 2020 shooting death of Riverhead School District Superintendent Augustine Tornatore informed the school district community of the shooting in a call to parents and a letter posted on the district website. Back in 1996, Viola Morning told CBS 2's McLogan, "They found my baby's body last night. Tornatore said counselors throughout the district will be available beginning today for all students, faculty and staff as needed. With many big projects about to seek agency benefits, the answer is critical. The attack was provoked by Taylors belief that her boyfriend, the father of her child, showed a romantic interest in Morning. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. 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Graphic photos, testimony in murder trial - Newsday I want her to suffer the way Curtisha suffered, for every stab wound Curtisha got, she has got to suffer. Hopefully we get another appeal," sister Katisha Taylor said.