A former Northwestern professor was sentenced to 53 years in jail on Tuesday after he brutally stabbed his boyfriend to loss of life throughout a violence-infused sexual fantasy nearly 5 years in the past.

Wyndham Lathem, 47, was sentenced by Prepare dinner County Choose Charles Burns on Tuesday after he was discovered responsible of first-degree homicide in October.

The ex-microbiology professor had stabbed his hairstylist boyfriend Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, 26, greater than 70 occasions at their Chicago condo, with the assistance of Oxford College monetary officer Andrew Warren. 

Lathem, who was fired from his place following the killing, testified throughout his trial that Warren alone stabbed Cornell-Duranleau throughout a methamphetamine-fueled threesome. 

In keeping with Lathem’s lawyer, him and Cornell-Duranleau would interact in sexual fantasies involving fetish, restraints, leather-based bondage, and a wide range of intercourse toys,’ noting that they might use meth or knife play throughout intercourse ‘to intensify the pleasure’.

Warren pleaded responsible to homicide in 2019 below a plea settlement that referred to as for him to testify towards Lathem in change for receiving a 45-year jail sentence.

The previous monetary officer testified that he flew from England to Chicago to fulfill Lathem and participate in a pact to kill one another earlier than agreeing to kill Cornell-Duranleau at Lathem´s suggestion.

He additionally testified that he did, in truth, stab Cornell-Duranleau, however solely after Lathem had already begun stabbing him.

Former Northwestern University professor Wyndham Lathem, 47, was sentenced to 53 years in prison on Tuesday after he was previously found guilty of murdering his boyfriend in October

Former Northwestern College professor Wyndham Lathem, 47, was sentenced to 53 years in jail on Tuesday after he was beforehand discovered responsible of murdering his boyfriend in October

Wyndham Lathem, 47, was sentenced by Cook County Judge Charles Burns on Tuesday after he was found guilty of first-degree murder in October

Wyndham Lathem, 47, was sentenced by Prepare dinner County Choose Charles Burns on Tuesday after he was discovered responsible of first-degree homicide in October

Lathem had recruited former Oxford University financial officer Andrew Warren to help him carry out his sexual fantasy of a murder suicide. Warren (above) pleaded guilty in 2019 and was handed a 45-year prison sentence in exchange for testifying against Lathem

Lathem had recruited former Oxford College monetary officer Andrew Warren to assist him perform his sexual fantasy of a homicide suicide. Warren (above) pleaded responsible in 2019 and was handed a 45-year jail sentence in change for testifying towards Lathem 

Lathem's boyfriend Trenton Cornell-Duranleau was stabbed more than 78 times

Lathem’s boyfriend Trenton Cornell-Duranleau was stabbed greater than 78 occasions 

Cornell-Duranleau was stabbed 78 occasions whereas he slept in Lathem’s Chicago high-rise condominium on July 27, 2017.

A doorman on the Grand Plaza Residences beforehand instructed the court docket {that a} resident had reported listening to screams.

The entrance desk on the condominium later obtained a name from somebody who stated {that a} crime might have been dedicated inside Lathem’s condo. Chicago Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan stated the decision was positioned by Lathem, from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, whereas he was on the run. 

The condominium contacted the police who arrived to carry out a welfare test.  Officer Mark Beam, with the Chicago Police Division, discovered Cornell-Duranleau mendacity in a pool of blood with stab wounds throughout his physique. 

He stated that the copious quantity of blood on the ground led him to imagine that the sufferer was already useless. 

A search of Lathem’s condominium yielded a bag of ‘crystal-like’ substance and suspected drug paraphernalia, together with a drywall knife and two bloody kitchen knives, certainly one of which was damaged in half, in accordance with a police proof technician. 

Police arrived to the Grand Plaza Apartments after the condominium's front desk received an anonymous call about a welfare check. The call was said to be placed by Lathem

Police arrived to the Grand Plaza Residences after the condominium’s entrance desk acquired an nameless name a couple of welfare test. The decision was stated to be positioned by Lathem

Lathem (pictured in 2017) was arrested in August of that year after he and Warren were found by the police following an eight-day manhunt

 Lathem (pictured in 2017) was arrested in August of that 12 months after he and Warren have been discovered by the police following an eight-day manhunt

Arrest warrants have been then issued for Latham and Warren who have been discovered and brought into custody within the San Francisco Bay Space following an eight-day manhunt.

The pair had stopped in Lake Geneva to drop off a $1,000 for Cornell-Duranleau earlier than fleeing for California.

The prosecution argued that Lathem took benefit of a ‘younger man simply attempting to make his means in Chicago’ to satisfy an obvious sexual fantasy.

Nonetheless, Lathem’s lawyer painted a special image, saying that Warren dedicated against the law towards each the defendant and the deceased.

‘This was nothing greater than against the law of alternative that had two victims,’ protection lawyer Kenneth Wine.

‘Andrew Warren took the lifetime of Trenton Cornell and ruined the lifetime of Dr. Lathem.’ 

Wine, declining to touch upon pending litigation, supplied a replica of his opening assertion to DailyMail.com. Within the assertion, he defined that Lathem and Cornell-Duranleau had a sexual relationship that usually concerned ‘three means intercourse with folks they met on-line,’ in addition to ‘bondage and submission and different intercourse toys, together with knife play’.   

Wine claims that Warren joined the couple of their bed room the evening of the homicide and attacked them. Lathem allegedly went to the toilet after having been stabbed by Warren and ‘heard combating occurring’ within the bed room.

Lathem and Warren, pictured in this earlier courtroom sketch, dropped off an $1,000 donation in Cornell-Duranleau's name after fleeing the scene of the murder

Lathem and Warren, pictured on this earlier courtroom sketch, dropped off an $1,000 donation in Cornell-Duranleau’s title after fleeing the scene of the homicide

‘Andrew Warren will get on the stand and admit he smashed Trent Cornell over the top with steel bed room lamp. The proof will present that Andrew Warren viciously stabbed Trent Cornell to loss of life with two knives,’ Wine stated.

‘Dr. Lathem was shocked to discovery his lover’s useless physique. He was at a loss as to what to do. He felt accountable for placing Trent Cornell in hurt’s means. He believed – and nonetheless believes to at the present time – he bears accountability for Trent’s loss of life. It was Dr. Lathem, in any case, who introduced Andrew Warren into their lives.’

Wine continued, saying that Warren killed Cornell-Duranleau as a result of he was jealous of the couple’s relationship. 

‘The proof will present that Andrew Warren instructed Dr. Lathem that he – Andrew Warren – killed Trent Cornell so that they might be collectively,’ he stated.  

‘Andrew Warren, who had simply been instructed by Dr. Lathem the evening earlier than that Dr. Lathem had no romantic curiosity in him, killed Trent Cornell out of the most typical of human feelings – jealousy, nevertheless it was greater than mere jealousy, it was a jealous rage of a murderous psychopath. Andrew Warren had a motive and an ideal alibi. Dr. Lathem had no motive.’

Nonetheless, Assistant State’s Legal professional Matthew Thrun argued that Lathem and Warren devised the homicide plan collectively as a part of a fantasy that was supposed to finish with them killing one another.

‘This defendant might have proven one face to the world — respectable, prestigious physician, however Trenton noticed one other face,’ Thrun stated in court docket on Monday, in accordance with WTTW.

The prosecutor continued, arguing that the proof that Lathem orchestrated and took the lead within the homicide is ‘clear and overwhelming’.

‘He supplied the crime location. And when he was on the run, he was behind the wheel… he determined the place to go,’ he stated. 

Thrun additionally argued that Lathem’s blood was discovered within the condominium and on two knives. He additionally allegedly confessed to the crime on video.

‘He’ll inform you, “I killed him, I did do it, it wasn’t an accident, it was a mistake … and I’ll remorse it with each fiber of my being,”‘ Thrun stated, quoting the footage.     

Source: Every day Mail

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