Malcolm Orlando Witherow will be 100 years old before he’s eligible for parole.
On Thursday, a Hamilton County jury found the 49-year-old man guilty of premeditated first-degree murder in the shooting death of 31-year-old Melissa Hoover on Oct. 10, 2008.
Moments after the jury left the courtroom, Criminal Court Judge Rebecca Stern sentenced Witherow to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Under the law, he will be eligible for parole after 51 years.
Escorted out of the courtroom by deputies, Witherow waved at his sister, who was seated in the audience.
Five of Hoover’s family members stood leaning on each other, some crying, as the jury foreman read the guilty verdict.