SPOKANE, Wash. – A man convicted of first-degree murder in the death of a nephew of Montana Sen. Jon Tester has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Spokane County Superior Court Judge Maryann Moreno sentenced 25-year-old John A. Radavich on Friday for the slaying of Robert Tester.
Robert Tester was stabbed with a sword and beaten to death on Sept. 5, 2016, at his home near Spangle, south of Spokane.
The victim’s daughter, who was 8 at the time, called her grandmother to say that a man she didn’t know had broken into their home and killed her father.
The case remained unsolved until late December 2016, when Radavich called a friend in Texas and admitted to killing the 35-year-old Tester.
A jury in August found Radavich guilty.
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