GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A man who fatally stabbed a woman near Rockford and injured her two children has lost a bid to have his convictions overturned.
Jacob Ryan was sentenced to life without parole for the 2021 stabbing death of Ciara Paul. Paul’s two children, ages 2 and 5, were injured.
Man sentenced for killing woman, injuring her children
It happened at her home off of Myers Lake Avenue near Belding Road in Cannon Township.
Ryan was arrested at a Greyhound bus station in Toledo. He and the victim had been in a long-distance relationship, according to court records.
Family honors woman killed near Rockford
Ryan appealed his jury trial convictions , saying the evidence against him was insufficient.
The Michigan Court of Appeals disagreed.
In addition to a life sentence, Ryan got 37 to 60 years for the attacks on the two children. He is at a state prison in southeast Michigan.
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