You Will Be Held Accountable

Would you kill someone who wronged a person you cared about simply based on what they told you—no evidence provided? The young man in this true crime did just that. And now he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison.

He and his girlfriend were both 18-years-old. She told him that a man had sexually violated her when she was 14. The named sexual predator, at the time of the alleged rape, had been 51.

The man and his brother were moving to another state. He was at his apartment getting the last of his belongings when the couple arrived. They didn’t live in the same state as the older man. They crossed state lines. What they did inside his apartment took them twenty-five minutes.

Someone called the emergency services about a man in cardiac arrest. Rather than a heart-attack victim, the authorities found a deceased man who someone had shot multiple times in the back.

Their investigation produced security video of the vehicle that the girlfriend and boyfriend drove to the apartment. They got warrants and orders for extradition for both.

During the initial investigation, the authorities found the victim’s cell phone, which had text messages between him and the girl. She said she wanted to see him before he moved—setting the snare for the murder.

It took two years for the boyfriend’s case to progress through the legal system. He pleaded guilty to the murder—admitting he shot the man and shot him a few times while he was on the floor, not moving.

A judge sentenced the 20-year-old man to sixty years in prison. The court plans to try the girlfriend’s case in 2026.

At the sentencing, a county prosecutor associated with the case gave praise to all who worked on the case and said to the young man,

“You will be held accountable.”

Source: 13 WTHR NBC, Star Press.

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