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.
Reported by AI Image generated by AI
A Texas jury convicted Karmelo Anthony of first-degree murder and sentenced him to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing Austin Metcalf at a track meet. The verdict came after nine days of trial in Collin County court.
Samuel Magdaleno faces first-degree murder charges in the death of Adrian Anthony Montiel in Bakersfield last year. Authorities say the shooting stemmed from Magdaleno's belief that Montiel was romantically involved with his girlfriend.
Reported by AI
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.
A 19-year-old Maryland man was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the 2025 killing of his former employer.
Reported by AI
A Maryland teenager was sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting a father unloading soccer balls from his vehicle. Kai Wilson, now 17, entered an Alford plea to attempted second-degree murder in the 2024 attack.
A 47-year-old Texas man was convicted of murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison for strangling the mother of his two youngest children in 2023.
Reported by AI
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.