Phillip Walters sentenced to life without parole in Haley Lorenzen’s killing
WYOMING CO. (WOLF) — Phillip Walters was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the first-degree murder of Haley Lorenzen.
Walters also received consecutive sentences of 24 to 120 months for strangulation and one to 24 months for abuse of a corpse. The combined sentence is life in prison plus 25 to 144 months. He received credit for 2,093 days served.
The court merged Walters’ third-degree murder charge with the first-degree murder charge. He was also ordered to pay $80,000 in fines, court costs and $8,570.23 in restitution to the Victim Compensation Assistance Program.
District Attorney Peters said the sentence will ensure Walters is no longer a threat to the community and could help Lorenzen’s family begin healing after years of court proceedings.
“No punishment can ever bring back Haley Lorenzen,” Peters said. “But the finality of today’s sentence will hopefully allow her family to begin the healing process again.”