I am sure he took her to his room to rob her....so how many years do you get for killing someone for their money?
The only thing I saw in the news reports was that chart that I copied and posted here...
See Post #85 ... (I didn't see anything else other than this...).
It probably fits under the premeditated, aggravated murder, which has a maximum of 35 years. But, I've also read in news reports that this particular sentence can "net" perhaps 9 or 10 years, too ...
It doesn't look like they've got anything longer than 35 years to me.
But, another thing to consider too (and I would imagine that his own attorney is thinking this, too) -- if he can maintain that it was murder as a result of "violent emotion" (it appeared from some initial news reports that this is what he was saying), then it might be just a maximum of five years.
I would imagine that they would have to have some kind of forensic evidence which could show that it was "premediated" instead of "spur of the moment". You gotta know that his attorney is going to say it was "spur of the moment" ...
I wondered why the silly story about her snooping on his laptop. He spotted her winning a large sum of money and killed her for it. There appears to be evidence supporting that. In any case, if he makes it out of prison alive, it will be a miracle.