Overview
- Montgomery County Circuit Judge Rachel McGuckian imposed the 25-year term for second-degree murder.
- The judge noted betrayal of trust and the brutality of the attack as aggravating factors even as she stopped short of the maximum.
- Prosecutors said his DNA was found on Sue Marcum’s fingernails and on a tequila bottle used to bludgeon her.
- Investigators said he staged the scene to look like a botched burglary after killing the 52-year-old professor he had taught and sometimes dated.
- Extradited from Mexico in 2023, he will receive credit for roughly 1,178 days already served, and his lawyers said they will appeal.