The man suspected of killing four people at a Long Island pharmacy—and then stealing over 10,000 prescription drug pills—has written a letter to Suffolk County Commissioner of Jurors Michael O'Donohue, giving a perfectly reasonable explanation of why he wasn't able to serve his jury duty: "I have recently (as of 23 Jun) been arrested, and am currently detained at Riverhead Correctional Facility on some very serious felony charges. I simply wished to relay this to you, so that I do not get into any further legal troubles."
The letter was dated June 29 and Newsday reports that O'Donohue received it yesterday, "O'Donohoe confirmed that Laffer had been called to serve on jury duty, beginning June 28. He said his office would honor his request." O'Donohue further explained that if Laffer had been out on bail—he was denied bail—he could have served; only those convicted of a felony are ineligible for jury duty.
The sister of one of his victims, Jennifer Mejia, an 18-year-old who set to graduate in the week after the killing, told the Daily News that she didn't wash her sister's rosary, "It still has some of her blood on it. This way she will always be with me. I wear it in her honor."
