BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WFXR)- The Botetourt County man charged in the August 2023 death of a five-year-old will spend at least 15 years in prison.
According to court officials, Zackary Bishop, of Blue Ridge, entered a plea agreement to felony murder on Wednesday. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison, with 25 years suspended. Upon release, he will spend five years on supervised probation. The court also ordered Bishop to have no unsupervised contact with minors.
“Felony murder is the killing of one accidentally, contrary to the intentions of the parties, while in the prosecution of a felonies act,” according to Code of Virginia 18.2-33…