Man gets up to 31 years after pleading guilty to Charlotte woman’s murder

Kristopher Sinclair pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Brianye Copeland and was sentenced to up to 31 years in prison.

Copeland was shot and killed in February 2025 outside a resource center in northeast Charlotte.

Prosecutors said Sinclair met Copeland on vacation and became obsessed with her, placing a tracking device on her car days before the murder…

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