On Friday afternoon, a man convicted of murdering a man he didn't know in an attempt to occupy his home in unincorporated Renton was sentenced. FOX13
Jeremy Shaw and his wife scouted homes to try and take them from the owners. They decided on Steven Morphis' home. Shaw was convicted for killing Morphis43-year-old Jeremy Shaw was found guilty ofHe was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
According to court documents, back in 2018, Shaw and his wife, Lorena, "spent months scouting a house in the Renton area to take over and live in." had experience in "defrauding people out of their property" by living there for so long without an attempt of the property owner to remove them, that it would become theirs through "adverse possession."
On Sept. 19, 2018, the couple knocked on Morphis' front door and pepper-sprayed him when he answered. They then bashed him over the head several times and slit his throat. The couple then allegedly went through his house to decide if it suited them, stole Morphis’ Star Trek collectibles, his Boeing jacket, his car and debit card and other items, and went back to their home in Tacoma.
As a part of his sentencing, Shaw must also pay $4,732.60 in restitution and have no contact with the victim's family. Shaw also has previous convictions for robberies and burglaries. He had only been out of prison for not even a year before killing Morphis, according to prosecutors
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