Arizona sex offender, 40, to spend his life behind bars for kidnapping and murdering 13-year-old girl
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PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA: Christopher Matthew Clements, a 40-year-old man from Arizona, was sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping and murder of 13-year-old Maribel Gonzalez in 2014.
Authorities stated that the Pima County Superior Court Judge James E Marner mandated on Monday, November 14, that Clements serve the remainder of his natural life in jail for the murder of young Gonzalez, according to Law&Crime. Judge Marner also sentenced Clements to a 17-year term for kidnapping, to be served consecutively with his life sentence for the murder. In relation to Gonzalez's death in June 2014, a jury found Clements guilty of first-degree murder and kidnapping in September 2021. According to a report from KGUN-TV, the prosecution's attempt to convict Clements was mostly dependent on circumstantial evidence including cell phone tracking data, DNA evidence, internet search history and his ex-girlfriend's testimony.
