An Austin man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for bludgeoning a man and slitting his throat in a downtown condo.
Twenty-seven-year-old Matthew Bacon took a plea deal with prosecutors on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to murder. He had originally been charged with capital murder in the July 2013 killing of 26-year-old David Villarreal, which is punishable by the death penalty or life in prison without parole.
Bacon told police he met Villarreal at a downtown bar and decided to kill him in order to steal his iPhone, iPad, Xbox and other belongings. He used a hammer to hit Villarreal over the head before he cut his throat with a kitchen knife in Villarreal's condo.
Police in Louisiana arrested Bacon two days after the slaying.
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