LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person was sentenced to life in jail Tuesday, with out the potential of parole, for a 2023 homicide spree in Las Vegas.
Spencer McDonald, 32, killed his grandmother, Dina Vail, 80, Andrew Graden, 43, and a posh upkeep man, Chris Brassard, 45.
On June 27, 2023, on the Rancho De Montana Flats on Flamingo Highway close to Durango Drive, McDonald informed police he walked into his grandmother’s bed room with a cosplay sword and a big kitchen knife and attacked her.
Based on police, McDonald then waited for Graden to return residence and attacked and killed him, too. Advanced upkeep employee Chris Brassard turned the third sufferer when he went to examine on Vail, after studying a buddy had not heard from her for days.
McDonald pleaded responsible, however mentally ailing, to all three murders, which implies he might want to obtain psychological well being remedy for all times.
When requested by the choose if he needed to remark, McDonald responded, “I can say why it happened. The timing was that of being required to see a psychiatrist in order to reinstate disability income. I was deeply afraid of the side effects.”
In court docket Tuesday, McDonald’s public defender Anna Clark emphasised she didn’t need to diminish the victims’ ache, however expressed they have been “grateful” for the decision.
“It takes into account the overwhelming loss,” Clark stated. “Each of these statements are true on the identical time, that his life has worth and their lives have worth.”
Nevertheless, a member of the family for one sufferer countered. Wendy Lemieux, sister of Andrew Graden, joined the listening to through Zoom.
“I’d like to start by saying I object to what the defendant’s lawyer just said about the defendant,” Lemieux stated. “My family will feel AJ’s absence for the rest of our lives, and this is truly unforgivable. Nothing short of death by stabbing and bludgeoning seems sufficient as punishment for this predator.”
As a part of a plea deal, prosecutors dropped the potential of the demise penalty.
