Murder for Hire Suspects of 2018 Killing in Vermont to Stand Trial in 2024

Berk Eratay and Serhat Gumrukcu were charged in connection to the 2018 killing in Vermont. Reports say Eratay and Gumrukcu who contracted another suspect in a murder for hire plot are scheduled to stand trial in 2024.

On June 16, Judge Geoffrey Crawford of the U.S. District Court decided that Berk Eratay of Las Vegas and Serhat Gumrukcu of Los Angeles will stand trial. This decision was made in connection with the 2018 murder for hire plot in Vermont. Reportedly, Crawford set the schedule to be on October 7, 2024.

An article in Fox News states that in 2022, Eratay and Gumrukcu pleaded not guilty to the charges of wire fraud. These federal charges they were facing were allegedly linked to an international oil deal.

Nonetheless, reports say both were previously charged with contracting another suspect, Jerry Banks of Colorado, to abduct and kill Gregory Davis, 49, of Danville, Vermont. Following the crime, Davis’ body was discovered by the side of a snowy, back road in Vermont.

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Other Suspects in Murder for Hire

According to an article in El Paso Inc., earlier this month, Banks changed the plea he entered to guilty. Prosecutors stated that after Davis threatened to report to the FBI about his involvement in a fraudulent oil deal with Gumrukcu, Banks was contracted for the murder for hire plot. Aren Lee Ethridge of Las Vegas, another suspect, also pleaded guilty in July 2022 and is awaiting sentencing.

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