Man Who Killed Lawyer Sentenced To Life In Prison + 334 Years
GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4)- The man who killed an attorney in Lakewood was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 334 years.
A jury convicted Warren Watson in August of first-degree murder in the death of Claudia Miller.
Watson, 54, had been released from prison early and was on parole when he killed 61-year-old Miller in her office in Lakewood in March 2013.
According to the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office, Watson had an appointment to meet Miller for the first time the day her body was discovered. He arrived late and showed up after Miller's secretary had left for the day. He admitted to detectives that he threatened Miller with a fake gun, tied her up, strangled her and fondled her, according to the indictment.
A CBS4 investigation into Miller's murder found that before the murder Colorado's parole board had released Watson from prison several years early, terming him a "low risk" for recidivism. But the CBS4 probe found that Watson had a long history of escaping from parole situations.
