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Three Murderers Sentenced, Fourth Awaits Sentencing

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Three Murderers Sentenced, Fourth Awaits Sentencing

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A Kansas judge sentenced Craig Steel to 20 years and seven months for the 2025 shooting death of Eric Lopez-Morales outside a Wichita motel. In Washington, Michael Knapinski received a 20-year sentence after pleading guilty to killing Jason Martinell during an attempted drug robbery in Bothell. In Virginia Beach, Markal Cook was sentenced to 28 years, with eight years suspended, for fatally shooting 15-year-old Jeyani Upshur during a 2024 carnival parking-lot fight. Separately, in Namibia, Tjizake Murangi’s lawyer urged the court to weigh his guilty plea, remorse, age, family responsibilities and time already served as it determines his sentence for murdering his former partner and other offenses.

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