Overview
- An 18-year-old Campbellsville student was found unresponsive in his dorm and investigators later concluded he died by manual strangulation.
- Police say the defendant admitted to the killing during the investigation and was arrested after being found hidden in a local farmer’s barn.
- The defendant pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement that led prosecutors to drop two burglary and theft charges.
- The judge imposed a 40-year prison term with credit for time served and made the defendant eligible for parole after serving 20 years.
- At sentencing the judge cited a mental health crisis as a factor, the defendant apologized in court, and the court record includes 61 victim impact statements with a statement read from the victim’s family.