A 26-year-old man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after he was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the 2023 murder of 34-year-old Ernestine Stallings.
Jontae Watkins was given 23 years to life for the aggravated murder charge he faced and another 10 years for aggravated drug trafficking, for a total of 33 years to life.
He appeared via Zoom and was not physically present in the courtroom for his sentencing…