The three South Carolina suspects charged in the kidnapping and murder of 15-year-old Sanaa Amenhotep have been sentenced in Lexington County Court by Circuit Court Judge Debra McCaslin.
Jaylen Wilson and Treveon Nelson each plead guilty to charges of kidnapping, murder, conspiracy, and possession of a weapon during commission of a violent crime. Each were sentenced to 60 years in prison.
Nicolle Sanchez Peralta was found guilty of murder and kidnapping after a jury trial in May 2023 and was sentenced to 65 years in prison.
Wilson, Nelson and Sanchez Paralta allegedly lured the teenage Amenhotep away from her home in April 2021, shot her to death and then buried her body in a shallow grave in a wooded area off Interstate 20 in Lexington County.
Law enforcement believed the killing was an act of retaliation for a series of drive-by shootings in front of Nelson’s house. Amenhotep allegedly was dating the person Nelson believed was involved in the shootings.
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