Buda man sentenced to life in prison for July 2018 murder
Prosecutors said Mark James Stevens murdered Brandon Fontenette after meeting him at a bar in Kyle and having a sexual encounter. Author: Jeff Bell Updated: 10:31 PM CDT July 14, 2021
BUDA, Texas On Wednesday, 41-year-old Buda man Mark James Stevens was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the July 2018 murder of Bandon Lamont Fontenette.
Mark Stevens and Jeanette Lauralee Stevens were both arrested on federal murder charges in December 2018.
According to Hays County Criminal District Attorney Wes Mau, Mark and Jeanette Stevens went out to the Railhouse Bar in Kyle on July 25, 2018, where they met 36-year-old Fontenette.