SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A 25-year-old man who pleaded guilty to killing a Spokane woman with a crossbow faces at least 30 years in prison when he is sentenced Sept. 12 in Spokane County Superior Court.
The Spokesman-Review reports (http://bit.ly/oho4BB ) a deal with prosecutors for the plea Friday will allow the lawyer for Cole Strandberg to ask for a sentence at the low end of the sentencing range of 30-to-38 years.
The defense lawyer had argued unsuccessfully to have a judge find Strandberg not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2008 death of 22-year-old Jennifer Bergeron.
He pleaded guilty to murder with sexual motivation while armed with a deadly weapon that is not a firearm.
