Long Beach man sentenced in killing of neighbor
A Long Beach man was sentenced Wednesday to state prison for killing his neighbor, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.
Mark Stephen Thurwachter, 58, was sentenced to 50 years and eight months to life and ordered to pay $3,098.38 in restitution.
Earlier this month, a jury found Thurwachter guilty of fatally shooting Marvin Williams.
Williams, 64, and Thurwachter were neighbors at Arbor Mobile Village in Long Beach. Initially, the two men were friendly, but Thurwachter came to believe that Williams had stolen money from him, the prosecutor said.
On the evening of Feb. 1, 2012, neighbors heard a shot and found Williams critically wounded in front of his home. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
Thurwachter, who never returned to his home, was eventually apprehended in Ohio.
-- Maloy Moore
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