A Florida man will spend about 20 years in prison for murdering his grandfather who he dubbed “Grampy” while speaking at his funeral.
Joshua Nareau, 24, on Monday pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in the death of his grandfather, 71-year-old James S. Khoury. Circuit Judge Shannon H. McFee sentenced Nareau to 246 years in prison, which works out to 20 1/2 years, with credit for time served, court records show.
At his grandfather’s funeral, Joshua Nareau spoke as if he wasn’t the one responsible for his grandfather’s death. He took the microphone at the podium and took a deep breath.
“Jim, I called him Grampy, by blood he was my grandfather, as a person he was my father. He helped raise me. He made me the person I am today,” he said to the crowd of mourners . “You are all here because you knew and loved my grandfather and I thank you so much for that. My goal in life is to be as good as this man was. He helped everyone in this room in some way and I know that.”
Khoury was a beloved deacon at the First Baptist Church of North Port.