Man Gets 16 Years in Girlfriend’s Slaying
A Lancaster man who stabbed his girlfriend to death seven years ago because he claimed that she was a vampire trying to steal his powers was sentenced Friday to 16 years to life in prison.
Christopher Michael Roland, 27, who beat a previous conviction in the same case because the jury was improperly instructed, could be eligible for parole in three years.
In a Van Nuys courtroom, Roland was sentenced by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Hoff in Roberta Mosenthiem’s slaying.
Deputy Dist. Atty. Peter Korn said Mosenthiem, a “naive” and “trusting” 18-year-old, accompanied Roland to the Chateau Motel in Van Nuys on Feb 12., 1990, to make wedding plans.
But there, according to testimony, Roland slashed the woman’s throat, stabbed her in the chest and placed 12 crystals around her head while dressing her in a black T-shirt with a pentagram.
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