The judge imposed the sentence on Eliezer Marquez Navedo
(AP) -- A Puerto Rico judge has sentenced a convicted killer to 105 years in prison for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a pregnant Georgia tourist who made a desperate phone call to her fiance from the trunk of her assailant's car.
The judge imposed the sentence on Eliezer Marquez Navedo in a courtroom in Fajardo, the eastern coastal city where he ambushed Sara Kuszak in February while she jogged alone along a remote road. She was about five months pregnant. Marquez pleaded guilty last month to first-degree murder, kidnapping and two sexual assault charges. He did not face the
death penalty because capital punishment can be imposed on the U.S. island only for federal crimes. The slain woman's mother gasped, her voice thick with emotion, when told of the sentence.
According to El Nuevo Dia newspaper, prosecutor Wanda Bonilla read statements from Kuszak's fiance, Cheshire McIntosh, and several relatives before the sentencing.
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