Colorado man sentenced to life in prison for DUI that killed Air Force veteran, injured his children
A Colorado man who killed an air force veteran last year when he was drunk last year, will spend the rest of his life behind the bars after being found guilty of first -degree murder.
57 -year -old Paul Stephenson of Castle Rock, USAF Lieutenant Col. in April He was sentenced to kill Matt Anderson for injuring his four children after he hit his truck in August 2024 after hitting his truck.
Stephenson was sentenced to life imprisonment in prison.
23. According to the Judiciary Regional Prosecutor’s Office, Anderson was stopped at the 7-Eleven gas station with his family after a trip to Douglas District Fair. When Stephenson put Chevy Silverado on his vehicles, his wife was walking to the store.
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While in court, Stephenson agreed to drink a bottle of fire ball and two beers before driving, and Da’s office said that the blood alcohol level was 2.5 times the legal limit.
Stephenson increased his third prisoner when he was found guilty of killing Anderson.
Regional lawyer George Brauchler said his office continued to accuse the first -degree murder to “send a message to drunk drivers in Douglas County”.
Brauchler, who prosecute the case, said that the delivery of justice against Anderson’s killer the day before the fourth July was a “painful coincidence”.
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Bruachler, “One day before the celebration of the independence of our nation, America has to face the loss of one of the great patriots who died … Not in the hands of the enemy … But with the selfish behavior of one of us.” He said.
He continued: “The only appropriate sentence in this case is the sentence that will prevent such things from being again by frightening hell from those who will enter similar behaviors.”
Brauchler acknowledged that Douglas County was the most aggressive in drunk drivers compared to other judicial regions in the region.
Anderson’s father, the decision of the decision “a small amount of closure” to their families and thanked the agencies involved in delivering the penalty.
Deputy Senior Regional Prosecutor Nate Marsh praised the decision of the jury and said it reflects how serious it was to get drunk.
“The defendant only cared about himself and showed a complete neglect for the value of human life. This was the murder in the first degree-ecstance indifference and the jury. He said.
