Las Vegas man who killed 3, together with grandmother, agrees to life sentence

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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person who killed his grandmother, her boyfriend and a upkeep man at a Las Vegas house advanced will serve the remainder of his life in jail, the 8 Information Now Investigators have discovered.

Spencer McDonald, 32, killed Dina Vail, 80; Andrew Graden, 43; and Chris Brassard, 45, on June 27, 2023, on the Rancho De Montana Flats on Flamingo Street close to Durango Drive. In court docket Tuesday, McDonald pleaded responsible however mentally in poor health to 3 counts of homicide with using a lethal weapon.

As a part of the plea settlement, McDonald will spend the remainder of his life in jail with out the opportunity of parole. As a part of the deal, prosecutors dropped the opportunity of the demise penalty.

McDonald advised police that he entered Vail’s bed room with a cosplay sword and a big kitchen knife through the early morning hours and attacked her, based on grand jury testimony.

McDonald mentioned that he waited for Graden to return house after which attacked and killed him, based on police. McDonald additionally described persevering with his weekend actions like going to the health club and getting espresso whereas the our bodies remained within the house, police mentioned.

Brassard was one in every of two upkeep staff who went to Vail’s house to test on her after a pal mentioned he couldn’t attain her for a number of days. A second upkeep employee survived after McDonald attacked him with a knife, investigators mentioned.

In a number of court docket hearings, McDonald’s household mentioned he struggled together with his psychological well being.

In Nevada, a plea of responsible however mentally in poor health requires a defendant to supply documentation of a psychological sickness. In comparable instances, judges will typically order psychological well being remedy for jail inmates.

McDonald shall be formally sentenced on Aug. 26.

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