JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ An Arkansas man has been sentenced to consecutive
life terms for killing his ex-girlfriend and her grandfather in southwestern
Missouri.Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced the sentence Friday for
40-year-old Christopher Paschall of Springdale. A jury found Paschall guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and other charges in September 2017, but sentencing was delayed in part by mental health examinations.
life terms for killing his ex-girlfriend and her grandfather in southwestern
Missouri.Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced the sentence Friday for
40-year-old Christopher Paschall of Springdale. A jury found Paschall guilty of two counts of first-degree murder and other charges in September 2017, but sentencing was delayed in part by mental health examinations.
Paschall killed 28-year-old Casey Brace and 76-year-old Herb Townsend in 2015
while kidnapping his 2-year-old daughter. Paschall was the father of two of
Brace’s three children.
Hawley’s office says in addition to the life terms for murder, Paschall was sentenced to a consecutive 177 years in prison for armed criminal action and parental kidnapping.
The attorney general’s office assisted Barry County in the prosecution.
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