A Paulding County man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in the July 2017 stabbing death of a woman at a Michigan motel.
The Lansing State Journal reports 26-year-old Curtis Echols was given the mandatory punishment after being convicted last month of first-degree murder by an Ingham County, Michigan, jury. His lawyer has said Echols disagreed with the verdict and anticipates an appeal.
The body of 43-year-old Christina Daughenbaugh was found at a Lansing motel. Investigators found a receipt in the room and got Echols' cellphone number. They tracked the phone to a Greyhound Bus and Indiana State Police arrested him near South Bend shortly after the crime.
