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In May 2017, Jchandra Brown, age 16, was hanged at a campsite in Payson, Utah, while her friend Tyerell Przybycien had recorded it on her mobile phone . His body was discovered the next day.
Prosecutors said that Przybycien had bought the rope and tied the noose that Brown had put on his neck, and that he had bought the compressed air that she had. was stunned before dying
. he recorded his last moments on a 10-minute video.
Przybycian, 19, had been charged with first degree murder but had agreed in October to plead guilty to child homicide. He received a credit of 580 days for the time spent in prison.
He added that he was hoping that Brown's family would forgive him "for my immature and reckless decisions."
Brown's mother, who brought a large framed photo of Jchandra to court, said that she wanted Przybycian to be in jail .
"I do not want him to make noise or wreak havoc on the family of others, the children of someone else," she said. , according to KSL. "I can not describe the pain of losing a child."
Both the prosecution and the defense agreed that Przybycien was involved in Brown 's death. The state had stated that Brown would not have committed suicide without the intervention of Przybycien, which he spoke in texts and interviews.
However, his defense indicates that Brown eventually decided to end his life and hanged himself at the Maple Lake Campground. The site is about 15 miles south of Spanish Fork where Przybycien lived, and about 25 miles south of Provo.
CNN contacted the prosecution and defense lawyers but did not receive an immediate response.
CNN affiliates reported that Przybycien was also sentenced to five years in prison, which he will serve at the same time as his homicide.
The case prompted Utah to pass legislation this year prohibiting one person from helping another to commit suicide.
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