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Jeremy Penix II
(KMZA)--A man charged in the death of an elderly Vermillion man in 2020 has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years.
Jeremy Penix II, of Melvern, was handed the sentence this week in Marshall County District on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of 83-year-old Donald McLaughlin.
Penix pleaded no contest in October to the charge along with charges of aggravated robbery and arson.
McLaughlin's body was found inside the ruins of his burned out home on January 24, 2020.
Co-defendant Jefferson Goad, of Waverly, pleaded guilty in October to a reduced charge of second-degree murder along with charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and arson.
Goad is scheduled to be sentenced December 14.
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