FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Bucks County District Attorney's Office in Doylestown, Pa., shows Sean Kratz of Philadelphia. A jury has convicted Kratz in the slayings of three young men whose bodies were found buried at a suburban Philadelphia farm. Kratz was convicted Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, of first-degree murder and other offenses. The jury must now decide on a sentence of death or life in prison. (Bucks County District Attorney's Office via AP, File)
Republished November 18, 2019 - 9:56 AM
Original Publication Date November 18, 2019 - 9:01 AM
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - A man convicted in the slayings of three young men found buried at a suburban Philadelphia farm was sentenced to life in prison after authorities dropped their pursuit of the death penalty.
A Bucks County judge sentenced 22-year-old Sean Kratz to life in prison without parole Monday, three days after he was convicted of first-degree murder and other offences.
Prosecutors said victims’ families had understood they wouldn’t seek the death penalty.
A cousin, 22-year-old Cosmo DiNardo, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison.
Prosecutors say DiNardo lured the victims to his family's Solebury farm in 2017 as part of a robbery plot.
They say Kratz shot one man and served as a lookout while DiNardo killed the others.
DiNardo also confessed to killing a fourth man.
News from © The Associated Press, 2019