Iowa teen who beat Spanish teacher to death in park, hid body under tarp gets life in prison
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Willard Miller, 17, stood in the Jefferson County Courthouse in Fairfield, Iowa, where he was sentenced in the 2021 murder of Spanish teacher Nohema Graber.
Miller and Goodale were both 16 when they pursued Graber to Chautauqua Park, a park she frequented and beat her to death because she gave Miller a poor grade, prosecutors said. The teens pleaded guilty to murdering Graber and concealing her body under a tarp and wheelbarrow in a wooded area of the park.
"I would like to apologize for my actions, first and foremost to the family," Miller said during the sentencing hearing, which lasted more than seven hours. "I am sincerely sorry for the distress I have caused you and the devastation I have caused your family."
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