A New York man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in connection with the murder of his ex-girlfriend, who he “brutally executed” while she and her three children had been asleep in their home, according to a district attorney.
Michael Burham’s sentencing on Monday, March 2, comes about two months after he pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in relation to the fatal shooting of Kala Hodgkin on May 11, 2023, the Chautauqua County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.
Burham, 37, of Jamestown, was accused of breaking into his former girlfriend’s home, where she lived with her three children, and killing her in May 2023, Spectrum News reported. Burham is the father of one of the children who had been inside the home during the murder, according to the outlet…