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GREELEY, Colorado – A Colorado teen has been sentenced to 36 years in prison for his role in the death of a 7-year-old girl during an apparent imitation of the “Mortal Kombat” video game.
Lamar Roberts was sentenced Friday in Greeley’s Weld County District Court. The 18-year-old pleaded guilty last month to knowingly or recklessly causing a death through child abuse.
Prosecutors say Roberts and 17-year-old Heather Trujillo were baby-sitting Zoe Garcia on Dec. 6, 2007. They say the two kicked, hit and slammed Trujillo’s half-sister to the floor.
Trujillo pleaded guilty in July to negligently causing death through child abuse. She must serve six years in Colorado’s youth offender system.