THE MAN WHO BEAT AND NEARLY KILLED A CIBOLA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WITH A SHOVEL IN 2008 IN ALBUQUERQUE WILL GO TO PRISON FOR 18 YEARS. THAT WAS THE SENTENCE A JUDGE HANDED 34 YEAR OLD JUSTIN HANSEN ON WEDNESDAY. IT WAS THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE ALLOWED.
IN APRIL, HANSEN PLED NO CONTEST TO ATTEMPTED MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES IN THE BEATING OF BRITTANI MARCELL, WHO WAS LEFT WITH PERMANENT INJURIES. IT TOOK AUTHORITIES NEARLY 10 YEARS TO SOLVE THE CRIME.
HANSEN WASN’T ARRESTED UNTIL JULY OF 2017 AFTER POLICE LINKED HIM TO THE CRIME SCENE THROUGH DNA EVIDENCE.
