Man again sentenced to life, no parole for 1996 decapitation

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan man has again been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing and decapitating a teen in 1996 and mutilating the head in front of a video camera. WOOD-TV reports that 39-year-old Federico Cruz learned his fate Wednesday in a Kent County courtroom.
Cruz was 16 when 17-year-old David Crawford was suffocated. Crawford’s head was cut off and later mutilated.
Cruz was convicted of murder and got the mandatory sentence after a jury