A "jealous" Wisconsin man "obsessed" with his ex-girlfriend to the point of murdering her new lover was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, a judge in the Badger State ruled Tuesday.
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A “jealous”
Wisconsin man “obsessed” with his ex-girlfriend to the point of murdering her new lover in May 2020
was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, a judge in the Badger State ruled Tuesday.
Zachariah Anderson, 42, was also sentenced to two years in prison for two additional counts and six years for a third count, all to be served consecutively. The defendant will be eligible for extended supervision – parole – after 40 years, the court ruled. He will receive credit for 1,092 days already spent in custody.
Anderson
was convicted by a jury of his peers in Kenosha County on a charge of intentional murder for the presumed death of Rosalio Gutierrez Jr., 40, on March 22.
During his trial, prosecutors successfully argued that the attack, fueled by jealousy, left blood spattered throughout the victim’s apartment – and left the location of his body a mystery that has been maintained to this day.
Jurors also found the defendant guilty on one count each of stalking Gutierrez and of stalking Sadie Beacham, the mother of Anderson’s children, and on one count of hiding the dead man’s corpse.
Circuit Court for Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder, the longest-serving judge in the state and the same septuagenarian jurist who oversaw the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse delivered the sentence after a lengthy and highly emotional sentencing hearing.