It’s been 617 days since Jessica Boyce last saw her son, Caden DeaSean Martin, 19.

“Our home is quiet in ways that are unbearable,” Boyce told Kanawha County Circuit Judge Maryclaire Akers Wednesday during a sentencing hearing for Barack Howard Williams, 15. Legal Affairs

Barack Williams, 15, found guilty of 2024 murder at Charleston smoke shop

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Charleston teen pleads guilty to first-degree murder in January shooting

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Teen sentenced to life in prison for January smoke shop murder of Caden Martin

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Williams was convicted last month of felony murder for the death of Martin at the Tobacco & P

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