A 25-year prison sentence now stands at the center of a case that began with 3 teenage girls leaving a movie and ended with 1 of them, 15-year-old Kayla Rincon-Miller, dying from a gunshot wound on a Cape Coral street. Christopher Horne Jr., now 18, was sentenced after taking a plea deal in a killing that turned an ordinary night out into a courtroom story followed across Florida.
Kayla was 15, walking with 2 friends after a movie, when investigators say the group was targeted during an attempted robbery in March 2024. Within minutes, what should have been a simple walk for food became a homicide investigation, a 2-defendant murder case, and a public reminder that teen violence can carry adult consequences.
Horne received 25 years for second-degree murder, while his 3 attempted robbery sentences of 15 years each will run at the same time. The court also credited him with 763 days already served, meaning the legal clock on his sentence had already begun long before the May 19, 2026, hearing…