BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Calhoun County Judge Sarah Lincoln has ruled a man’s life without parole sentence for beating, raping, and killing five-year-old Nicole VanNoty in 1994 will stand.
Jason Symonds appealed his sentence in 2025.
He was 16-years-old when he killed the little girl and first appealed his sentence after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled juvenile lifers had the opportunity to be resentenced…