The other brother has been sentenced to 76 years! Hopefully, he ends up there for his entire life. Absolutely horrible what they did...and for no reason(not that there is ever a reason for killing another person).
At least the family now has closure on the loss of their daughter. Dieselhp, if you still have contact with the family, please send T&P their way.
NJ teen sentenced in dismemberment slaying
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS • July 31, 2009
MORRISTOWN — A judge on Friday sentenced a New Jersey teen to 76 years in prison for his role in the slaying of the girl next door.
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Jurors found James Zarate guilty of helping his older brother kill the 16-year-old and trying to dump her dismembered body into a river.
The 18-year-old was 14 at the time.
Prosecutors said Jonathan Zarate beat, choked and stabbed Jennifer Parks in 2005 and cut off her legs before putting the dismembered corpse in a trunk.
The brothers and another teen were spotted by a police officer trying to dump the trunk into the Passaic River.
His older brother was sentenced to life behind bars.
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