Jury Convicts Goode-Ford Of All Charges In Family's 2020 Massacre

NEWBURGH, NY — A jury has convicted a Newburgh man of all charges in the massacre of a Hudson Valley family in 2020.

Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that 35-year-old Kaliek Goode-Ford, of Newburgh, was convicted of all charges against him on Thursday after a jury trial for murdering three people, including a nine-year-old child, and attempting to kill a three-year-old child. Charges included three counts of first degree murder, first degree attempted murder, second degree attempted murder, second degree criminal possession of a weapon and tampering with physical evidence.

Goode-Ford faces up to life in prison without parole when he is sentenced on March 18.

He was remanded back to the Orange County Jail without bail after the jury’s verdict.

According to court documents, Goode-Ford entered a home in the Town of Newburgh and fatally shot a man, his wife and nine-year-old son, and shot a three-year-old boy who survived.

After the shooting, he threw the pistol and magazine he used during the murders into the Hudson River.

District Attorney Hoovler thanked the Town of Newburgh Police Department and the New York State Police for their investigation and the arrest of Goode-Ford. He also thanked the FBI and the NYSP Dive Team for their help.

"The utter viciousness and senseless violence this defendant exhibited in perpetrating these awful crimes is unparalleled," Hoovler said. "Words fail to adequately describe the depravity of this defendant's conduct, but the word 'guilty,' as heard repeatedly from the jury today will likely ensure this convicted killer will not be free again to commit acts of violence. My deepest condolences go out to the family and loved ones of lost in this senseless attack. I thank the Town of Newburgh Police Department and New York State Police for their untiring efforts in bringing this defendant to justice."

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