Benjamin Wilkins received the maximum sentence for second-degree murder allowed by his plea agreement in the death of 30-year-old Jacqueline Goodwin.
Benjamin Wilkins is led out of the courtroom after his sentencing on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at the Nesbett Courthouse in Anchorage. Wilkins pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2016 death of Jacqueline Goodwin, and was sentenced Wednesday to 75 years.
Pearl Goodwin, center, listens as a state prosecutor describes the killing of her granddaughter Jacqueline Goodwin, who she and her husband helped raise, during Benjamin Wilkins's sentencing hearing on Wednesday. Officers found Goodwin’s body under a sleeping bag in Wilkins’ car, Sears said. She had been shot in the stomach and severely beaten; state medical examiners estimated she had been struck more than 100 times, Sears said.
Judge Andrew Peterson speaks with attorneys during a sentencing hearing for Benjamin Wilkins on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at the Nesbett Courthouse in Anchorage. Peterson said Wednesday that “every single factor in this case points squarely at Mr. Wilkins having committed this murder.” His behavior was especially perplexing because there was no explanation for it, the judge said.His half-brother, Connor Stefano, and his mother, Jacqueline Stefano, both pleaded guilty to a charge of hindering prosecution.
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