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A judge in Iowa sentenced 17-year-old Willard Miller to life in prison for the 2021 murder of his Spanish teacher, Nohema Graber.

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The first of two Iowa teens who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder after bludgeoning a Spanish teacher to death with a baseball bat was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 35 years.

Willard Miller, now 17, and Jeremy Goodale, now 18, were both 16 when they were charged with the Nov. 3, 2021, slaying of Fairfield High School teacher Nohema Graber, 66, whose body was discovered in a city park, hidden under a tarp, wheelbarrow and railroad ties. Both teens pleaded guilty in April.

“Your horrific actions led to the death of Nohema Graber, and her family will never be able to fill that void," Judge Shawn Showers said. The judge told Miller he would have considered sentencing him to life without parole if state law allowed such a sentence for a juvenile.

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