A 67-year-old Louisiana man was sentenced to 32 years in prison for conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the 1985 death of a Lone Tree man. DNA evidence linked the defendant to the crime scene, leading to his guilty plea. The victim's daughter expressed both relief and ongoing grief over the loss of her father.
A 67-year-old Louisiana man was sentenced to 32 years in prison on Thursday for conspiracy to commit murder in connection with a Lone Tree man’s 1985Dean and his wife, D.J., were at home when an intruder broke in and forced Roger Dean to tie up his wife, according to previous reporting. D.J. Dean told police she heard scuffling and gunshots downstairs and found her husband’s body.
In a statement, Dean’s daughter, Tamara Harney, thanked the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office for never giving up on her family. “He was not about to risk the rest of his life in prison at the hands of a system that he no longer had any faith in,” Faye said. “Nobody knows the injustices of our criminal justice system more than Mr. Jefferson and I cannot blame him for choosing this path, as difficult as it was.”Keeler: Sean Payton says Broncos would’ve beaten Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes in playoffs.
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