Mountain View Man Sentenced In Death of Grandmother

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A man has been sentenced for his role in a deadly fire that killed his grandmother.

A judge sentenced Jacob Hearne of Mountain View to 24 years in prison after he entered an Alford Plea of second-degree murder in the death of Phyllis Schweiel in April 2022.

Authorities found her body inside her burned house.

An investigation led them to Hearne.