86-year-old Killeen man sentenced to 14 years for murdering 80-year-old neighbor

[TexasTowelie]

BELTON — A Bell County judge took the middle road when imposing a prison sentence on an 86-year-old man convicted in May of the murder of his 80-year-old neighbor in Killeen in 2017.

The defense attorney for Santiago Vasquez pleaded for the minimum sentence of five years while the state argued for 30 years in prison, according to courtroom proceedings on Thursday.

After considering the pre-sentence investigation, a victim’s impact statement, testimony and arguments, Judge Paul LePak of the 264th Judicial District Court sentenced Vasquez to 14 years in prison, with credit for time served, for the shooting death of John Seth Jr. on May 30, 2017, in the 2800 block of Fishpond Lane.

Some members of the Seth family began to cry after the sentence was pronounced, and LePak acknowledged they likely would have wanted him to tack on more years.

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(Temple Daily Telegram)

[marble falls]

1. Just plain sad, sad stuff. Another rounds of guns for everybody.

[ROB-ROX]

2. I Pray THE BASTARD ROASTS IN HELL

This guy is just another common NUT with a gun. They should have hung the bastard for murder.

[TexasTowelie]

3. For some reason I thought of this clip when I posted the OP.