A 51-year-old Colorado man, Brian Mervin, will spend decades in prison for strangling his wife, Cheri Kommer, to death. When first responders were trying to save her life, Mervin smoked a cigarette and drank a soda, visibly unmoved by the scene.
As reported by 9News, Mervin pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Friday, August 22. He was immediately sentenced to 25 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.
Reportedly, Brian Mervin had been originally charged with first-degree murder in connection with Kommer’s 2024 strangling death.
Strangled To Death
According to a Denver Police Department (DPD) release, the incident occurred more than a year ago, on August 20, 2024. At the time, DPD officers responded to a North Adams Street residence. They had received a call on behalf of Mervin, who had flagged someone to call 911, saying that he had found Kommer on the ground, struggling to breathe…