Fresno man sentenced to 48 years in car burglary-turned-murder

A Fort Bend County jury recently sentenced a Fresno man 48 years in prison after convicting him of murder. Yosiah Spencer, 24, was charged with killing a Missouri City man during a car burglary in 2020, according to the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office.

According to Assistant District Attorney Janie Korah, lead prosecutor, in the early morning hours of November 19, 2020, Spencer broke into a vehicle parked in the driveway of a Missouri City home. A resident of the home, Bryan Curry, came outside and approached the car while Spencer was still inside. Spencer almost immediately shot Curry from within the vehicle, according to prosecutors.

Spencer subsequently fled with belongings from the burglarized car. Through investigation by the Houston Police Department, Spencer was identified and charged with the Curry’s murder…

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