Darlene Summerville-Sweeney was the prosecution witness who wasn't there. She married the suspected killer after his arrest and refused to tell what she knew at his trial. In the end, it didn't matter. Twelve D.C. Superior Court jurors yesterday convicted her husband, Ronald Sweeney, of murdering three people outside a Maryland Avenue NE row house in April 1998. The jurors decided two of the murders were premeditated, which means Sweeney must serve at least 30 years in prison. At the end of a month-long trial, the jury also decided that Sweeney's partner, Kirk Thomas Jr., was lying when he tes...
