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Former Fort Carson soldier sentenced to life

Posted: 02.28.2011 at 8:34 PM

Updated: 03.01.2011 at 7:15 AM

Rachel Welte

Rachel Welte is the Weekend News Anchor and a General Assignment Reporter.

Former Fort Carson soldier Robert Marko sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Monday. / FOX21: file photo

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- A former Fort Carson soldier who was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of a 19-year-old has learned his fate.

The Fourth Judicial District Attorney's Office said 23-year-old Robert Marko was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

In 2008, Marko confessed to killing 19-year-old Judilianna Lawrence, but plead not guilty by reason of insanity.

Investigators said Marko led them to Lawrence's body in the woods west of Colorado Springs.

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