A 27-year-old man who was convicted of murdering the pregnant wife of a U.S. Marine was sentenced in San Bernardino County Superior Court on Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to the District Attorney’s office.
Christopher Brandon Lee was arrested in Anchorage on Aug. 17, 2014. Photo via San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
Christopher Brandon Lee’s sentencing came after he was found guilty earlier this month of one felony count of first-degree murder in the killing of 19-year-old Erin Corwin. Jurors also found true a special allegation that the former Marine intentionally killed the pregnant woman while lying in wait, a statement from the San Bernardino County DA’s office said.
Corwin’s body was found at the bottom of an abandoned mine shaft outside of Twentynine Palms in August 2014, nearly two months after she was reported missing. She was three months pregnant at the time.
Lee and Corwin were former neighbors and alleged to have been lovers.
Erin Corwin seen in a photo provided by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
During his testimony in court, Lee admitted to strangling Corwin and pushing her into the mine shaft, according to the Desert Sun.
He testified that Corwin had gone with him to the desert under the pretense that they would share a romantic evening together that would include a marriage proposal, the newspaper reported.
However, Lee said he was distraught after being denied a deployment and had wanted to kill himself; he was also angry because he believed the young woman had molested his daughter, according to the Desert Sun.
Corwin’s disappearance sparked an all-out search that ended when her body was found on Aug. 16, 2014.
Lee was arrested in Alaska the following day.
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