Man Sentenced for Strangling, Shooting Teen Girlfriend, Leaving Her to Die in Park Days Before Graduation

A Washington State man was sentenced to 37 years in prison this week for the 2018 murder of his teenage girlfriend, who was just days away from graduating high school when she was brutally attacked and left for dead, authorities said. In a statement on Sept. 6, the Kent Police Department said that a jury found Giovanni Herrin guilty of murdering 18-year-old Karyme Barreto-Sabalza. According to police, the sentencing comes after three trials and two previous jury convictions. On June 16, 2018, Herrin, who was 19 at the time, lured...