Life without parole for the 'Dexter' killer
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October 17, 2010, Sunday
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A TEENAGER who said he wanted to be like the television serial killer "Dexter" has been jailed for life without parole for the murder of his brother.
Andrew Conley, 18, showed no emotion as a judge sentenced him for the November 28, 2009 killing of 10-year-old Conner.
Judge James Humphrey said Conner's age outweighed any other factors such as mental illness. Conley could not have faced the death penalty because he was 17 when he killed his brother.
Defense attorney John Watson said Conley would appeal the sentence.
"He was a 17-year-old boy and there was evidence of mental illness. It seems to me that some of that could be interpreted differently by different folks," he said.
In a chilling video played during a sentencing hearing last month, Conley described how he killed Conner while wrestling with the boy at their home in southern Indiana.
The teenager told police he caught his brother in a choke hold as the child pleaded for him to stop. Instead, Conley said he choked Conner until he passed out, then dragged the boy into the kitchen, put on gloves and continued strangling him for at least 20 minutes. He then loaded his brother's body into his car and drove to visit his girlfriend before dumping the body under leaves along a park trail.
Conley told psychologists he had been unable to stop and felt as if he were watching the murder from outside himself.
According to testimony by police and others, Conley said he had fantasized about killing people since he was in eighth grade and said he wanted to be like "Dexter" from the TV series of the same name.
Andrew Conley, 18, showed no emotion as a judge sentenced him for the November 28, 2009 killing of 10-year-old Conner.
Judge James Humphrey said Conner's age outweighed any other factors such as mental illness. Conley could not have faced the death penalty because he was 17 when he killed his brother.
Defense attorney John Watson said Conley would appeal the sentence.
"He was a 17-year-old boy and there was evidence of mental illness. It seems to me that some of that could be interpreted differently by different folks," he said.
In a chilling video played during a sentencing hearing last month, Conley described how he killed Conner while wrestling with the boy at their home in southern Indiana.
The teenager told police he caught his brother in a choke hold as the child pleaded for him to stop. Instead, Conley said he choked Conner until he passed out, then dragged the boy into the kitchen, put on gloves and continued strangling him for at least 20 minutes. He then loaded his brother's body into his car and drove to visit his girlfriend before dumping the body under leaves along a park trail.
Conley told psychologists he had been unable to stop and felt as if he were watching the murder from outside himself.
According to testimony by police and others, Conley said he had fantasized about killing people since he was in eighth grade and said he wanted to be like "Dexter" from the TV series of the same name.
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