Mosley’s co-defendant, Austin Myers, 19, was already sentenced to the death penalty in the case.
Mosley avoided the death penalty by testifying agains t Myers.
Mosley admitted stabbing Back 21 times during a robbery at the home, then dumping the body in Preble County.
Before the sentencing, Mosley apologized to Back’s parents, Mark and Sandy Cates.
“I really am sorry for what I have done. There’s no excuses. I keep asking myself why I did it. I just can’t give you that answer right now,” Mosley said. ” There’s not a day that goes by that it doesn’t haunt me.”
Judge Donald Oda also sentenced Mosley to another 19 years in prison for robbery, abuse of a corpse, safecracking and other charges in the case.
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