Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. The sentence was announced Thursday. He had initially been charged with capital murder, which carries a sentence of either the death penalty or life in prison.Prosecutors said Miller has been in a relationship with Stone, and he killed her in order to cover it up.
She had said she was going to make their relationship public, and he was worried he would be perceived as gay because of his involvement with a trans girl.Stone, who lived in North Little Rock, was found dead in a car in Sherwood June 25, 2020, three weeks after her 17th birthday.
She had been shot in the head.Miller was arrested a week after Stone’s death and has been jailed ever since. He will not be eligible for parole until he’s served 35.