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Alaska man gets 99 years in execution-style killing of teen
by The Associated Press
Last Updated May 6, 2021 at 3:28 pm EDT
PALMER, Alaska A man involved in the 2016 execution-style killing of a teenager in 2016 near Anchorage was sentenced to 99 years in prison.
Palmer Superior Court Judge Gregory Heath sentenced Dominic Johnson on Wednesday for first-degree murder with 20 years suspended. Johnson got another 20 years for kidnapping, assault and other charges, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
Johnson and three others were convicted in the assault and execution of 16-year-old David Grunwald near the Knik River. All four defendants were teens at the time of Grunwald’s death and were tried as adults.
Print article PALMER Courthouse closures linked to COVID-19 precautions have delayed the sentencing hearings of three of four defendants convicted in the murder of 16-year-old David Grunwald four years ago. Four men who were teenagers at the time Erick Almandinger, Dominic Johnson, Bradley Renfro and Austin Barrett were charged in Grunwald’s murder, which sent shockwaves through the Mat-Su community. In November 2016, Grunwald was beaten in a trailer behind a Palmer home and then driven, bloodied and half-conscious, in his Ford Bronco to the Knik River, where he was shot and killed. The Bronco was torched near the Talkeetna Mountains. Grunwald’s body wasn’t found for 19 days.