Sixty-three-year-old Sherman Norman Jenkins was sentenced Monday for first-degree murder in the February 2016 death of Mia Holden. Jenkins won’t be eligible for parole for 25 years.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2jQI49I ) Jenkins had 33 offenses dating back to 1972 in his criminal record.
Holden, the mother of six children, was killed when the stolen pickup truck Jenkins was driving hit a vehicle she was riding in as Jenkins was fleeing from police.
The police chase began when officers tried to stop the truck because its tail lights weren’t working.