MONCKS CORNER, S.C. — A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in connection with a 2022 killing that prosecutors described as calculated and brutal.
Jerell Tresean McMillan was convicted April 9 in the murder of Rayvonta Deas, according to the Ninth Circuit Solicitor’s Office. In addition to murder, McMillan was found guilty of desecration of human remains, possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and third-degree arson.
A judge imposed the maximum sentence on each charge, including life without parole for the murder conviction. The additional sentences — 20 years for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, 15 years for arson, 10 years for desecration of human remains and five years for the weapons charge — will run concurrently.
Prosecutors said evidence presented at trial showed McMillan lured Deas to an abandoned lot on Black Tom Road on July 6, 2022, under the pretense of a marijuana transaction. Authorities said McMillan instead planned to rob the victim…