Tonalea Man Sentenced to 15 ½ Years in Prison for Second-Degree Murder
U.S. Attorney’s Office August 04, 2010 |
PHOENIX—Marcus Luther, 24, of Tonalea, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt to 189 months in federal prison followed by three years of closely supervised release. Luther pleaded guilty on April 6, 2010, to second-degree murder, which occurred on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation.
The facts showed that on August 15, 2009, Luther murdered a cousin by hitting him repeatedly with an axe handle. The assaulted occurred in a neighborhood in Cow Springs, Arizona.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the Kayenta Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Flagstaff, Arizona. The prosecution was handled by Roger Dokken, Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Phoenix.
CASE NUMBER: CR-09-8096-PCT-PGR
RELEASE NUMBER: 2010-161(Luther)