LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Louisville woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing a man at an Okolona hotel nearly four years ago.
Chelynda Howlett was charged with murder, burglary, tampering with physical evidence and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon in the death of 40-year-old Poncho Young. LMPD officers responding to reports of a break-in at the InTown Suites at 7121 Preston Highway on Oct. 2, 2021, found Young dead in one of the rooms with a gunshot wound.
Howlett was arrested nearly a year later, on Dec. 5, 2022…