Victim’s mom tells Michigan man ‘My life is ruined’ as he is sentenced to 80 years for murder

CHARLESTON, W.V. -- A Detroit man was sentenced to 80 years in prison Monday in connection with the 2021 murders of two women in West Virginia, according to the Associated Press. In February, Marquis Goodman, 24, pleaded guilty to count of second-degree murder for the fatal shootings of Bria White, 26, and Kytiana Belcher, 22, in Charleston, West Virginia. Despite pleas from Goodman’s attorney asking for a lighter sentence, Judge Ken Ballard issued the maximum of 40 years per charge, citing Goodman’s lengthy criminal record. Goodman’s attorney argued that his...