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Lucero's mom watches as Conroy blames friend

Quick ReadJeffrey Conroy, accused in the 2008 killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant, testified that his friend, Christopher Overton, said he stabbed Marcelo Lucero.

For the first time, Rosario Lucero attends the

Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan | For the first time, Rosario Lucero attends the trial of Jeffery Conroy, who is accused of stabbing her son Marcelo Lucero to death in a hate crime. (April 8, 2010)

In an attempt to persuade a jury that he did not stab Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero, Medford teenager Jeffrey Conroy testified Thursday that he took the blame for a killing he said was committed by a teen he'd met only hours earlier.

During more than three hours on the witness stand, Conroy, 19, said he took a black-handled folding knife from Christopher Overton, 17, of East Patchogue,...

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