The last of four men convicted in the brutal slaying of an Aurora woman was sentenced Wednesday to 95 years in prison.
Timothy Mobley, 23, of 12722 S. Wallace St., was found guilty last month of first-degree murder in the slaying of Kristen Ponquinette, the 20-year-old daughter of East Aurora School Supt. Charles Ponquinette.
Calling the murder “shockingly evil,” Associate Judge John A. Wasilewski sentenced Mobley to 90 years for first-degree murder and five years for aggravated kidnapping.
Three fellow gang members already have been sentenced in the 1992 slaying: Amotto Jackson, 21, of 12116 S. Stewart Ave., received life in prison; Henry Lovett, 18, of 12501 S. Lowe St., was sentenced to 105 years; Chezeray Moore, 21, of 12601 S. Emerald Ave., was sentenced to 100 years.
Assistant State’s Attys. Richard Stake and Laura Sullivan, who prosecuted all four men over the last six months, called this the most brutal case they have tried.
“Hopefully,” said Sullivan, “the victim’s family can put this behind them.”
Mobley allegedly wanted Ponquinette dead because she knew too much about the gang’s business.
Two other gang members testified during the trial that they had heard Mobley give the order “to kill the bitch.”
Ponquinette had been severely beaten before she was brought to the bridge at 129th Street and Eggleston Avenue.
There she was beaten again and was bound to a sewer cover before being dumped in the Cal-Sag Channel.
The sewer cover was later retrieved with wire that was an identical match to the wire wrapped around Ponquinette’s ankles.
Charles Ponquinette, who was present at the other sentencings, was out of town Wednesday and could not be reached for comment.
