Jury recommends 40 years in teen’s death

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A jury has recommended 40 years in prison for a former Virginia Tech student found guilty for her role in the death of a 13-year-old girl.
News outlets report that the jury recommended the sentence for Natalie Keepers on Friday after convicting her Thursday. A judge will consider the recommendation with a presentencing report when determining her punishment on Nov. 27.
Keepers was charged as an accessory in the 2016 fatal stabbing of Nicole Lovell. Keepers and fr