Key takeaways:
- Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale were sentenced to life in prison for the fatal beating of their high school Spanish teacher with a baseball bat in 2021.
- Miller was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 35 years, and Goodale was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison.
- Nohema Graber’s family members spoke at the sentencing hearing, expressing their grief and sadness, and Miller and Goodale both expressed remorse for their actions.
Two Iowa teenagers were sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for the fatal beating of their high school Spanish teacher with a baseball bat in 2021.
Willard Miller, 16, and Jeremy Goodale, 17, both pleaded guilty in April to the attack on Nohema Graber, 66, in a park in Fairfield. As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors had recommended Miller receive a term of between 30 years and life in prison, with Goodale receiving a term of between 25 and 50 years.
At the sentencing hearing, District Judge Shawn Showers called Miller’s actions “sinister and evil” before sentencing him to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 35 years. Goodale was sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in prison.
The attack occurred on November 3, 2021, when Graber was taking her regular afternoon walk in the park. Miller and Goodale had been students in her Spanish class at Fairfield High School.
Nohema Graber’s family members spoke at the sentencing hearing, expressing their grief and sadness at the loss of their loved one. Miller and Goodale both expressed remorse for their actions.
The sentences handed down by Judge Showers serve as a reminder of the gravity of the crime and the consequences of taking another person’s life.
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