In Texas, a San Patricio County jury found David Stickland guilty of capital murder and aggravated sexual assault in connection with a 2012 attack on Mollie Olgin, 19, and Kristene Chapa, then 18.
Following an eight-day trial, Stickland was convicted Sept. 28 of sexually assaulting Olgin and Chapa before shooting them in their heads at a park at Saint Violet Andrews Park in Portland, Texas. Others discovered the young women the following morning. Strickland wasn’t arrested until 2014, after his girlfriend delivered a letter to Chapa’s father that included details of the crime that hadn’t previously been made public.
Olgin died from her injuries; however, Chapa survived and began college last year. Chapa, now 22, testified against Strickland, who faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Strickland, 29, received an automatic life sentence since prosecutors did not seek the death penalty.