Guilty: Selwyn Days Convicted In Retrial Of Eastchester Double Murder

After two days of deliberation, a Westchester County jury in White Plains today convicted Selwyn Days of second-degree murder in the 1996 slayings of Archie Harris and Betty Ramcharan in Eastchester.

Back on Nov. 21, 1996, at about 11:45 a.m., the bodies of Harris and  Ramcharan were discovered inside Harris’s home at 4 Berkley Circle. The murders remained unsolved until Days was arrested in February 2001. He was subsequently convicted on two counts of second-degree murder in June 2004, and sentenced to two consecutive terms of twenty-five years to life. However, that conviction was overturned.

The original conviction was the result of a joint investigation by the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, the Eastchester Police Department, and the Westchester County Department of Public Safety with assistance from the Mount Vernon Police Department. 

“Mr. Days’ initial conviction was overturned because of the ineffective assistance of his defense counsel but we never wavered in our belief in the evidence of his guilt, said District Attorney Janet DiFiore after the jury rendered its verdict this afternoon.

DiFiore continued that, "today, a second jury convicted Days’ of that horrific double murder committed fifteen years ago and I want to thank all the people who assisted us in this prosecution, particularly the Eastchester Police, the Westchester County Police, our outstanding forensic scientists and, of course, the prosecutors in my office who continued to work on the case in a tenacious and professional manner.”

Sentencing is set for Dec. 13. Days is being held in the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla. He faces a maximum of 25 years to life in prison on each count of murder.