Killer of UT Austin student over 40 years ago sentenced to prison

The killer of University of Texas at Austin nursing student Susan Leigh Wolfe is finally behind bars after over 40 years.

Deck Brewer Jr., 79, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and received eight years in prison for the 1980 killing of Wolfe. The sentencing came on Nov. 12, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

An additional capital murder charge against Brewer was waived, and an unrelated sentence served in Massachusetts will count toward his eight years…

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