MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Emotions ran very high in court Thursday afternoon, Feb. 26, as a 19-year-old man was sentenced for shooting and killing 15-year-old Nelson Lopez-Correa. Christian Martin escaped to Iowa before being arrested there, and a Wisconsin jury convicted him in December.
During Thursday’s sentencing hearing, Judge David Borowski described the Martin as a “coward,” a “monster,” and a “disgrace,” before sentencing him to life in prison for killing Lopez-Correa.
The courtroom gallery was filled with the victim’s friends and family, and three family members gave impact statements to the judge.
“I will never forgive Christian for taking my son,” said Lopez-Correa’s mother, Ivelisse Correa. “Hopefully God does, but we will never forgive him.”…