Puyallup, Wash. — After a long three-year ordeal, Tyler Savage was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of Kimberly Daily, a developmentally disabled South Hill teenager.
Savage, now 21, had just turned 18 years old when he lured Daily into the woods near their homes, raping and strangling her. He testified during the trial that Daily, a girl with the mental and emotional capacity of a 10-year-old, asked him for sex and encouraged him to choke her saying she wanted "dirty sex." In December a jury rejected that claim and convicted Savage of aggravated first-degree murder.
Asked if he wanted to make a statement before his sentence was handed down, Savage merely shook his head. Pierce County Superior Court Judge Linda Lee then sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole, the mandatory sentence by Washington state law. Prosecutors did not pursue the death penalty saying the evidence did not support a death sentence.
After the sentencing Daily's father, Cecil, said he was grateful the long legal process had finally come to an end. "Glad it's over," said Daily. "It was a hard thing to go through and I hope he suffers the rest of his life."
Savage's attorney Leslie Tolzin said he plans to appeal the conviction and the mandatory life sentence.
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