Cold case Lehigh Acres murder leads to 20-year sentence for man

A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a 2015 murder that remained unsolved for years until a cold case investigation led to his arrest.

Sunni Rasshad Jahbari entered a plea to all charges just after 9 p.m. as jurors were deliberating his case. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison on each count to run concurrently.

He pleaded guilty to econd degree murder with a firearm, robbery with a firearm resulting in death or great bodily harm, human trafficking for commercial sexual activity with a minor, and sexual battery when the victim was incapacitated with multiple perpetrators. He was also designated a sexual predator.

THE CRIME:

The case began in 2015 when prosecutors say human remains were found in a car that had been set on fire in a remote area of Lehigh Acres. An autopsy revealed the victim had been shot…

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