A Colorado teen has been sentenced. Aidan Zellmer was sentenced in the June 2017 beath death of Kiaya Campbell of Thorton.

Adan Zellmer pleaded guilty to killing a 10-year-old girl and has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 40 years.

Zellmer was 15 at the time and was charged as an adult. He pleaded guilty to first-degree murder after deliberation on Feb. 1, and prosecutors agreed to drop a charge of first-degree murder of a child.

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