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An Idaho man has been sentenced months after he admitted to killing four family members who were his neighbors, according to multiple reports.
A judge sentenced Majorjon Kaylor, 32, on Monday to life without the possibility of parole in the 2023 killing of the Kellogg, Idaho family,KREM 2, theShoshone News PressandCDA Pressreport.
Kaylor pleaded guilty in December to charges of four counts of second-degree murder for fatally shooting Kenneth Guardipee, 65, Kenna Guardipee, 41, and teenagers Devin Smith and Aiken Smith in June 2023, per CDA Press andThe Spokesman Review.
A few days before the murder, Kaylor claimed that Devin, 18, hadindecently exposed himselfto Kaylor’s wife Kaylie and their children, PEOPLE reported previously, citing law enforcement documents.
Kaylor reported the incident to the police, who have maintained that they responded appropriately to the accusations.
Devin suffered from mental illness, for which he was getting support from his family, according to his uncle, the outlet reported.
Per the affidavit, Kaylor told authorities he “snapped” and “lost it,” the affidavit noted at the time.
A judge admonished him Monday for the brutal killings.
“You took your firearm and you chose to execute them,” the judge said, perThe Spokesman Review. “You knew it was unlawful and you chose to do it. Most case law deals with one victim, not four. This is beyond what we typically see, even in the criminal justice system.”
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In aGoFundMeset up for the family after the murders, Kenna’s friendstated that the whole family did not deserve what happened to them, claiming that Aiken paid a steep price for an alleged crime he “had nothing to do” with.
“They were good people. They did not in any way deserve for their whole family to be wiped out,” the fundraiser stated.
It also stated Kenna was a single mother and that the family did not get to “share their side of the story.”
At the sentencing hearing on Monday, David Silva, the children’s grandfather, lamented the loss of “three generations” of his family, perThe Spokesman Review.
“An entire legacy was completely destroyed,” he said, per the outlet.
source: people.com
