BALTIMORE — Christopher Rather has been sentenced to 43 years in prison for the murder of 19-year-old Jasmine Pierce-Morris.
Rather was convicted of second-degree murder and openly carrying a deadly weapon in July of this year.
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According to the State Attorney's Office for Baltimore, at approximately 10:30 a.m. on June 12, 2018 a woman walking her dog found the body of Pierce-Morris on the bleachers of the Reginald F. Lewis practice football field. The victim was found face down with her hands bound behind her back.
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Autopsy results showed that she suffered multiple fractures to her skull, multiple stab wounds as well as signs of strangulation.
