Man who escaped custody sentenced for killing woman while she was housesitting for relatives

LAPEER, Mich. (TCN) — A man who escaped from custody while being transported from Montana to Michigan will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a woman at her relatives’ home.

The Michigan Attorney General’s Office announced that a judge sentenced 44-year-old Chadwick Mobley on April 15 to life in prison without the possibility of parole in connection with the death of Andrea Eilber. Mobley previously pleaded no contest in February to first-degree murder, felony murder, and felony firearm.

According to prosecutors, in 2011, Mobley shot Eilber in the head. WJRT-TV reports that the victim was housesitting for her aunt and uncle at the time. Eilber’s boyfriend, Kenneth Grondin, was reportedly convicted of first-degree murder, but the case was reopened in 2022. With the help of advanced DNA testing, prosecutors said investigators linked Mobley to the crime…

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