Carl Godfrey, far right, listens as a family member of murder victim Deontray Otis addresses him during his sentencing hearing in Cincinnati on Feb. 12, 2024. Godfrey, who nicknamed himself after the movie character John Wick, will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a jury convicted him of four murders, including Otis’. (WCPO/YouTube)
A contract killer who nicknamed himself after the movie character John Wick received two life sentences on Monday for a murder-for-hire scheme in Ohio that took the lives of four people.
The Cincinnati jury convicted 23-year-old Carl Godfrey of two counts of aggravated murder, four counts of murder, two counts of weapons under disability and eight counts of felonious assault on Feb. 1.
“Mr. Godfrey thought of himself as a hit man. He even nicknamed himself John Wick after a popular movie series where the main character is a hit man of the criminal underworld,” said Allison Oswall, assistant Hamilton County prosecuting attorney during her opening statement .