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    Codi Slayton Sentenced to Life With the Chance for Parole in 2019 CA Murder of Josephine Jimenez





    Former Marine charged in murder of 16-year-old California girl, called 'online predator'

    By Robert Gearty
    Fox News

    A California man who served in the Marines has been charged with murder in the October slaying of a 16-year-old girl he met through social media.

    Codi Slayton, 19, was arrested Thursday in the killing of Josephine Jimenez, whose body was found in a field in Madera County 10 days after she was reported missing by her parents, authorities said.

    Investigators said the victim had conversations with Slayton before she disappeared, according to news reports.

    "This seems to be something more along the line of online predator, so my guess is somehow he had a method to contact her -- as most predators do -- struck up some kind of conversation and then the resulting crime occurred at some point after that,” Madera County Sheriff Jay Varney told reporters Thursday, according to KFSN-TV.

    Navy investigators took Slayton into custody in December in an unrelated matter and then contacted Madera County authorities about the Jimenez murder, according to reports.

    Slayton is from Madera County, according to reports.

    Varney’s office said in a news release that Slayton had used social media to contact other young girls in California and “possibly other regions of the United States.”

    Jimenez's mother said in a statement that the family was looking forward "to justice for Josephine," Fox 26 Fresno reported.

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    Last edited by Steven; 09-29-2023 at 05:53 AM.

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    DA: Codi Slayton sentenced for 2019 teen murder in Madera

    By Marcela Chavez
    YourCentralValley.com

    MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A veteran Marine from Madera County has been sentenced for murdering a teen back in 2019, officials with the Madera County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday.

    DA officials say now 22-year-old Codi Slayton has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 15 years and will also be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

    According to prosecutors, the sentence announcement follows Slayton’s guilty plea on Thursday to murdering 16-year-old Josephine Jimenez when he was 19 years old. The incident occurred in October 2019.

    The Madera County District Attorney’s Office says this will help bring closure and justice to Josephine Jimenez, her family, and the community.

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.you...in-madera/amp/

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