EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A decide has sentenced a 27-year-old man to not less than 50 years in jail for the homicide of his grandparents in Eugene.
Nicholas Borden-Cortez was sentenced final week in Lane County for 2 counts of first-degree homicide, The Register-Guard reported.
Borden-Cortez pleaded responsible in June to the Might 6, 2021, homicide of 85-year-old Nancy Loucks-Morris and 87-year-old Gerald Morris.
As a part of his responsible plea, prosecutors dropped two costs of second-degree abuse of a corpse and a cost of making an attempt to elude a police officer, in addition to a separate however associated case with two costs of illegal firearm use.
Investigators discovered his grandparents useless inside a house within the Falconwood Cell House Park, police mentioned.
Later that day, police named Borden-Cortez as a suspect. Borden-Cortez was arrested on Might 7, 2021, in Springfield after a automobile chase. Police mentioned he initially challenged officers to shoot him earlier than he was taken into custody.
Borden-Cortez will likely be eligible for parole after serving a minimal 50 years of his sentence.
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