A 15-year-old Augusta boy was sentenced to life in prison for shooting to death his sleeping stepsister.
Eric Leigh Whitehead shot his stepsister 10 times in the head Aug. 7, 2009, after he dreamed the two were arguing, The Augusta Chronicle reported.
Patricia Leigh Troglen, 22, was asleep on the couch when Whitehead shot her repeatedly with his stepfather's 22-caliber rifle. Whitehead, who was 14 at the time of the shooting, was charged as an adult.
Whitehead does have the possibility for parole, but he will likely have to serve 30 years first, an investigator told the newspaper.
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