PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Pawtucket man has been sentenced in Providence Superior Court to life in prison for the domestic murder of his girlfriend, 30-year-old Kristine Ohler, in 2020.
On Wednesday, Superior Court Justice Joseph A. Montalbano sentenced 46-year-old Victor Colebut to life in prison, and ordered the defendant enroll in a batterer’s intervention program and relinquish all firearms. On February 24, 2025, following the conclusion of a 5-day jury trial before Judge Montalbano, a jury found Colebut guilty of one count of domestic second-degree murder, one count of domestic assault, third offense, and one count of domestic criminal violation of a no contact order, third offense.
“Perpetrators of domestic abuse seek to exert control over their victims, and will go to extreme measures to keep it,” said Attorney General Neronha. “All too often, this violent behavior escalates and ends with victims losing their lives, as was the case here. While nothing can bring Kristine back to her family, I hope this life sentence gives them some sense of peace knowing that justice was served. I am grateful to the jury, and to the Pawtucket Police Department for their efforts in this difficult case.”…