A twisted Texas teen will spend the remainder of his life behind bars for murdering his girlfriend’s grandmother.
Uriah Urick, 18, was slapped with a life sentence on Friday after jurors convicted him of the deadly taking pictures of Tammy King, 61, in her Bacliff house on Feb. 5.
Jurors deliberated his destiny for lower than 4 hours, in response to the Galveston Every day Information.
In courtroom, prosecutors argued Urick and his girlfriend Tara Lynn King, 17, started plotting her grandma’s homicide weeks earlier than.
The 2 deliberate to kidnap after which kill Tammy King after stealing $5,400 in money, prescription drugs, vintage cash and weapons from her house protected, textual content and Instagram messages shared in courtroom confirmed.
Earlier than the killings, the couple bought their mates sob tales in regards to the grandmother’s alleged bodily abuse and drug use, the Galveston Every day Information reported.
Witnesses testified in courtroom the couple bragged about having cash.
One even stated Urick informed them he “couldn’t get the odor of burning flesh out of his nostril.”
In different messages, the 2 spoke of “the beginning of the remainder of their lives” and deliberate to “Kill her at 4” with ammunition that will “shred by way of pores and skin.”
Invoice Agnew, Urick’s protection lawyer, argued the crime was not premeditated. He additionally claimed the state didn’t show the theft was a motive for the homicide.
There isn’t any begin date but for Tara King’s impending capital homicide trial.
