Kenneth McNally Jr. received a 216-year prison sentence late last week for the 2023 killing of Samuel Holthaus in San Diego County.
A jury convicted McNally, 42, earlier this year on charges including first-degree murder, shooting at an inhabited structure, and multiple assault counts tied to the September 3, 2023, incident in Harbison Canyon. Prosecutors said he strangled Holthaus, 59, with an extension cord, shot him, and dragged the body before burying it in a shallow grave.
Washtenaw County Judge Carol Kuhnke sentenced 58-year-old Barry Lee Garza to 30 to 60 years in prison for the 2023 fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend, Amber Jo Thomas. Garza ambushed Thomas outside her workplace in Saline and also wounded a bystander. The sentencing came after Garza pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and assault with intent to murder.
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Kandynn Wilson, 34, was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus one year for the 2022 murder of his estranged wife Ericka Wilson.
Ceasar Wilson received a sentence exceeding 200 years in prison this week for the 2024 stabbing death of University of Colorado Colorado Springs professor Haleh Abghari.
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A Minnesota judge has extended the prison sentence for Derrick Thompson, convicted in a high-speed crash that killed five young women in Minneapolis in 2023. Thompson now faces about 64 years total behind bars after federal sentencing on drug and firearm charges. The ruling came this week following his state conviction last July.