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Natalie Keepers, now 21, was sentenced after a Montgomery County jury found her guilty of being an accessory before the fact to the first-degree murder of Nicole Lovell, according toonline court records.
When Lovell went missing in January 2016, Keepers andDavid Eisenhauerwere freshmen at Virginia Tech. Months before, Eisenhauer had met Lovell, a seventh-grader, via the app Kik.
Prosecutors said Eisenhauer and Lovell communicated online for months and met at least once in person. On the night of Jan. 27, Eisenhauer lured Lovell out of her family’s Virginia apartment with the promise of a “secret date.”
During opening statements in Eisenhauer’s sentencing earlier this year,prosecutors statedhe killed her because he was afraid she would expose their illegal relationship, and that he was worried he may have impregnated her.
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Eisenhauer pleaded no contest to first-degree murder, abduction and concealing a body. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison for fatally stabbing Lovell.
But Eisenhauer didn’t act alone.
During a preliminary hearing last year, a police detective testified that Keepers told police Eisenhauer was a “sociopath” and referred to herself as a “sociopath in training.”
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During Keepers’ trial, the medical examiner testified she was stabbed 14 times, including a fatal wound in the neck.
Keepers did not make a statement before she was sentenced, according to multiple reports.
source: people.com
