King County Superior Court Judge Josephine Wiggs released a sentence on Thursday against a man involved in the death of a 16-year-old girl 30 years ago.
Man convicted of first-degree murder in relation to sex violence 30 years ago. (Photo:iStock)
Man Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder
Nicholas Patrick, now 59 years old, was involved in the death of a 16-year-old high school student in Washington 30 years ago. The victim, Sarah Yarborough, was fatally strangled inside the campus of Federal Way High School in 1991.
In a published article in FOX News, King County Superior Court Judge Josephine Wiggs sentenced Patrick to nearly 46 years in prison. The jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and returned a special verdict that the crime was sexually motivated.
Meanwhile, the defense attorney of Nicholas Patrick is urging a mandatory minimum 20-year sentence since his client did not commit any crimes since then. However, Wiggs, who presided over the trial, said that imprisonment of more than 45 years was appropriate because of the facts of the case and his history of sexual violence.
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Nicholas Patrick has a History of Sexual Violence
According to a report published in ABC News, Nicholas Patrick was in sex offender treatment and parole when he was accused of killing Yarborough. At the age of 19, Patrick raped a woman at knifepoint at a park in the Eastern Washington City of Richland.
Furthermore, Patrick had also been previously sentenced to juvenile custody after he raped two King County women at knifepoint.
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