Posted on Jan 20, 2022
Air Force member sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping, killing woman
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An Air Force member convicted of kidnapping and killing a 27-year-old Mennonite woman in 2020 was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday in Arizona.
Mark Gooch, an airman first class, was convicted by a jury in October on one count each of first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of Sasha Krause. Krause's body was found Sunset Crater National Monument in Arizona a month after she disappeared.
Gooch, now 22, and Krause did not know each other.
“This case is truly the most senseless case I have ever presided over,” Coconino County Superior Court Judge Cathleen Brown Nichols said in handing down the sentence.
Gooch, who has denied kidnapping or killing Krause, showed no emotion as the judge sentenced him to prison for the rest of his natural life, which means no possibility of parole.
Mark Gooch, an airman first class, was convicted by a jury in October on one count each of first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of Sasha Krause. Krause's body was found Sunset Crater National Monument in Arizona a month after she disappeared.
Gooch, now 22, and Krause did not know each other.
“This case is truly the most senseless case I have ever presided over,” Coconino County Superior Court Judge Cathleen Brown Nichols said in handing down the sentence.
Gooch, who has denied kidnapping or killing Krause, showed no emotion as the judge sentenced him to prison for the rest of his natural life, which means no possibility of parole.
Air Force member sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping, killing woman
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..."He made brief remarks in court Wednesday, and he expressed his condolences for Krause’s family and said he was thankful for the support of his own family.
Krause was last seen on the night of Jan. 18, 2020, leaving her home in the Mennonite community of Crouch Mesa in the northwest part of New Mexico.
She was kidnapped as she went to her church building and was found in February in Arizona. She had been shot in the back of the head, officials have said."
..."He made brief remarks in court Wednesday, and he expressed his condolences for Krause’s family and said he was thankful for the support of his own family.
Krause was last seen on the night of Jan. 18, 2020, leaving her home in the Mennonite community of Crouch Mesa in the northwest part of New Mexico.
She was kidnapped as she went to her church building and was found in February in Arizona. She had been shot in the back of the head, officials have said."
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