WASHINGTON (AP) - A Washington, D.C. man accused of what a Maryland prosecutor says “was a savage killing” has been sentenced to life in prison.
WTOP-FM reports 23-year-old Kwasi Sadler was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty in May to first-degree murder over the slaying of a 72-year-old whose body was found at her Wheaton home by police Aug. 3 2016 during a welfare call.
Court documents say the body of Linda Johnston was wrapped in a sheet on her bed with blood spattered around, indicating there’d been a struggle. Prosecutors say Sadler surveyed her house while helping a friend move out of its basement apartment shortly before.
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Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy says Sadler would be eligible for parole in 15 years, but that few get paroled on their first eligibility date.
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