‘Heinous Crime’: Judge Sentences Murderer To 40 Years In Prison

STRASBURG, Colo. (CBS4) – A man who stabbed his friend to death was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Wednesday.Jeremiah Pepper pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on July 6 in the death of Andrew Martinez.Deputies with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office responded to a stabbing in Strasburg on Aug. 10, 2016. Jeremiah Pepper (credit: Arapahoe County DA)
When deputies arrived, Pepper, 21, had stabbed Martinez, 23, near Pepper’s car. The two friends had been co-workers