Janine Edwards, Wayne County District Attorney, announced today that a Wayne County Jury deliberated less than 10 minutes before finding Louis Roderick Ogden, age 52, guilty of Murder in the First Degree. Ogden shot and killed his niece, Rebecca Pisall, age 20, at point blank range on June 20, 2014 in South Canaan Township, Wayne County. Ogden killed his niece because she complained about Ogden shorting her in a $60.00 sale of heroin.

Edwards said, “This was swift justice. The jury saw immediately that the Defendant committed a murder in the first degree. They rendered the verdict that was demanded. The Defendant committed an absolutely horrible crime over $60.00 worth of heroin. He deserves to spend the rest of his life in state prison. Anyone who questions the serious nature of drug activity and drug abuse need look no further than the facts in this case.”

Immediately after the verdict, President Judge Raymond L. Hamill, sentenced Ogden to a mandatory sentence of life without the possibility of parole in state prison.

Pisall's death sparked the creation of The Kingfisher Project, a community information and radio project based at public radio station, WJFF, Jeffersonville, NY, 90.5 fm.

The project was established in 2014 to honor her memory and short life. Visit http://thekingfisherproject.com/ for more information.