Posted: Jun 29, 2010 1:13 PM EDT
Updated: Jun 29, 2010 3:46 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A Baton Rouge man was sentenced Monday in connection with his teenage girlfriend's death.
District Judge Bonnie Jackson ordered Alexander Hooks, 23, to serve 40 years in prison in the death of Bionca Brown, 17.
Hooks was convicted of manslaughter in April.
The judge handed down the maximum sentence.
Brown was found stabbed to death in her condo at the Brandywine complex on June 9, 2007.
A family member made the discovery around 4:30 a.m.
Hooks was arrested later that evening after police found him in an abandoned house.
According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, Hooks had a handgun on him and lied about who he was.
Police later learned the gun was stolen.
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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