DENVER — A man convicted of killing a woman who had witnessed another murder he committed was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Steven Young, 48, was found guilty in August of first-degree murder for the 2020 killing of 32-year-old Charly Lewis in Denver.
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Her body was found in an alley behind 1065 Federal Blvd. on June 7, 2020. She had been shot to death. It's believed that Young killed Lewis in part because she had witnessed Young murder John Cyprian six days earlier in Aurora. Young was convicted of killing John Cyprian in April 2021.
Young was arrested the day after Lewis' body was found.
Young received the mandatory sentence under Colorado law for his crime Friday. He was already serving a life sentence for the murder of Cyprian.
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