Houston man sentenced to life for 2024 murder of estranged girfriend

The Brief

  • Houston resident Anthony Sorel Haywood, 44, was sentenced to life in prison after a Fort Bend County jury convicted him of murder.
  • Haywood shot his estranged girlfriend, 38-year-old mother Coralyn “Shae” Hunt, to death in February 2024 after she tried to end their relationship.
  • Haywood will not be eligible for parole until he is over 70-years-old.

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas A Fort Bend County jury sentenced Anthony Sorel Haywood to life in prison after convicting him of murder in the death of his on-and-off girlfriend.

Haywood, 44, was convicted on May 14 after the jury deliberated for less than two hours. He shot and killed 38-year-old Coralyn “Shae” Hunt while she was at home with her kids.

Murder of Coralyn Hunt

The backstory:

On Feb. 18, Haywood found out Hunt had been talking to another man and confronted her about it close to midnight at her home on Spindlewood Drive.

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