A woman in Virginia was stabbed multiple times before her remains were placed in a toolbox. She was later discovered thanks to a “single drop of blood,” and her killer was finally sentenced for her murder five years later.
On Wednesday, February 25, 41-year-old Hagen Lawrence Roberts was given life in prison, plus five years, for stabbing Cynthia Capps to death, according to the City of Virginia Beach. This came over three months after a jury found Roberts guilty on charges of first-degree murder and stabbing in the commission of a felony following a three-day trial in November last year.
While Roberts maintained his innocence until the end, he received the maximum sentence, city officials said. Capps was killed in October 2020, and police were alerted after her husband was unable to find her. He called 911 after being unable to locate his wife after taking a shower…