Clement Bol Sentenced to Life for 2014 Murder of Teen Chrislin Gladden

Eleven years after the brutal murder of 16-year-old Chrislin Gladden, a graduate of Wesley College, her killer, Clement Bol Jr. has been sentenced to life in prison. Bol appeared in the High Court today for sentencing following his conviction for murder back in November 2022. Justice Antionette Moore sentenced Bol to life with eligibility for parole after serving 25 years. His eligibility will also take into account the five-plus years spent on remand for an earlier charge of abetment to murder in 2018. In court, Bol offered condolences to Gladden’s family, including her mother, who was present for the sentencing. Bol, now a father of twins, and his then 17-year-old girlfriend, Ashley Meighan, were jointly charged and convicted for the heinous murder in November 2022 but Meighan absconded the day before the verdict was formally rendered. She WAS TRIED IN ABSENTIA AND FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER. She remains a fugitive and was the reason for the three-year delay in Bol’s sentencing hearing. Bol, who was 23 at the time of the murder. He was represented in court by attorney Javier Williams. 

On August 2, 2014, Gladden was lured to the Lord Ridge Cemetery and stabbed 32 times with a 10-inch knife. She had just graduated from Wesley College in June and was set to begin her studies at Wesley Junior College. Police say that the motive for the murder was jealousy.