PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Philadelphia man accused of killing a Temple University nursing student two years ago has been sentenced.
Tymir Lackey, 23, pleaded guilty in March to third-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the killing of Milan Jones, a 20-year-old who was about to enter her third year of college.
The murder happened in June 2024, along Willington Street, a few blocks south of Temple’s campus.
Jones was found unresponsive with blunt force trauma to the head, and Lackey was arrested on the scene. He was a student as well, but had been suspended from campus.
Judge Scott O’Keefe sentenced Lackey on Thursday to 15 to 40 years behind bars.
