BOURNESIDE ACCOMPLICE GETS 13 YEARS April 10, 2008 The man who helped an accused quadruple murderer elude authorities for more than five months pleaded guilty to all charges yesterday, accepting a lengthy state prison sentence rather than face trial with the principal, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced. ROBERT B. TURNER, 21 (D.O.B. 12/16/86), of Dorchester pleaded guilty to four counts of accessory after the fact to the murders of Jason Bachiller, 21; Jihad Chankhour, 22; Edwin Duncan, 21; and Christopher Vieira, 19, in the basement of Duncan’s Bourneside Street home on the night of Dec. 13, 2005. Turner also pleaded guilty to three counts of unlawfully carrying a firearm for helping to transport the alleged murder weapon – a Glock 9mm semiautomatic handgun – as well as a shotgun and a machine gun from the scene. First Assistant District Attorney Josh Wall recommended four consecutive state prison terms of 3½ to four years on the accessory charges and concurrent three-year terms for the firearms offenses, for a total of 14 to 16 years. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Margaret Hinkle sentenced him to four concurrent 6½- to seven-year terms on the accessory charges to be followed by five to six years on the gun charges. The maximum penalty for accessory after the fact to murder is seven years. The maximum for unlawfully carrying a handgun or shotgun is five years and the maximum for carrying a large-capacity weapon such as a machine gun is ten years. Had Turner’s case proceeded to trial, Wall would have introduced evidence and testimony showing that Turner did not share the intent of CALVIN CARNES, Jr. (D.O.B. 8/8/86), to commit the four murders but took steps to assist Carnes in eluding punishment in their aftermath despite his “full knowledge of the carnage and the extent of the criminal activity.” “Once the shots were fired, Mr. Turner and Mr. Carnes fled together,” Wall said. “Mr. Turner was with Mr. Turner in joint possession of the murder weapon, a 12-guage Mossberg shotgun, and an AK-47 assault rifle.” As the two men drove from the scene in a victim’s car, Wall continued, “Mr. Carnmes and Mr. Turner had one cell phone. Mr. Turner made a series of calls seeking a place to hide themselves and the weapons.” Turner did in fact find a place to store the weapons, Wall said, and “went there on two occasions to retrieve the Mossberg and later the AK-47. He did not turn them over or make them known to the authorities.” Turner also made several false statements to police, Wall said, and “provided an elaborate false alibi with false details to assist Mr. Carnes.” Members of all the victims’ families were present for the proceedings, with two addressing the court prior to sentencing. Darnella Phillips, Duncan’s mother, spoke of the “numbness and pain” that followed the loss of her son to “such an evil, evil crime.” From her seat in the witness stand, Phillips expressed in measured tones her horror at learning that two men her son “didn’t know and didn’t really trust” could “come into my home and kill my son and his friends.” “I will never get over that,” she said. Overcome by emotion, Phillips later left the courtroom. Also addressing the court yesterday was Yvette Bachiller, the aunt of Jason Bachiller and the woman who became his legal guardian when he was a child and his parents passed away. “Jason loved to read,” she said of a young man who was “had a gift, a vocabulary, that allowed him to communicate with adults” even at a very young age. She described a child who “knew I enjoyed gardening and one afternoon picked dandelions so he could greet me at the door with a brilliant yellow bouquet.” Bachiller, she said, was “passionate about the arts and became a gifted young man … caring and sensitive to the needs of others before his life was swept away.” After issuing her sentence, Hinkle addressed the gallery of mourners. “The loss of four young men in this case is an irreplaceable one,” she said. “Four families have suffered – and will continue to suffer – incalculable pain.” Turner was represented by attorney Michael Borbeau. Carnes, whose trial on four counts of first-degree murder is expected in May, is represented by attorney Shannon Frison. Return to the Press Releases page.