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Teen`s killer sentenced to 90 years
Q13 FOX News
EVERETT -- The father of a teen girl killed by a 28-year-old drive-by shooter has released a copy of an emotional letter he sent to the judge in the case late last year.
Molly Conley, 15, was fatally shot on her birthday as she walked with friends to a house along a Lake Stevens road in 2013.
Erick Walker was found guilty of manslaughter, assault and five counts of drive-by shooting, after prosecutors convinced a jury that Walker went on a three-hour shooting spree, indiscriminately firing from his car before hitting Conley.
Walker was sentenced to more than 90 years in prison Tuesday for the crime by Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Thomas Wynne.
Wynne said the death of Conley had a devastating impact on her family and friends and said Erick Walker terrorized the community.
Shortly after the sentencing, Conley's father, John Conley, released a heartfelt letter he sent to Wynne in December, pleading for an extended sentence for his daughter's killer.
In the letter, John Conley says he can't describe the amount of joy Molly brought to his life, nor the amount of grief her loss brought. Instead, he provided Wynne with a comparison between Molly and one of the most-loved literary characters of all time. Attached to the letter was a photo of John holding Molly at her birth.
Rather than quote the letter, Q13 FOX News has decided to publish it in full here: