‘This world is so very broken’: Killer avoids death penalty over murder and decapitation of father of 4

An Alabama man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the grisly killing and decapitation of a father of four.

Youit Jones, 39, was found guilty by a jury in Jefferson County on one count each of capital murder during a kidnapping, abuse of a corpse, and arson in the death of 42-year-old Nathan Gemeinhart — and subsequent efforts to cover up the killing.

Now, the defendant has been sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, a departure from the state’s request for death…

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