4 sentenced to life for slaying of reserve police officer

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Four people convicted in the slaying of a reserve police officer in Virginia have been sentenced to life in prison.

News media outlets report that Daniel Mathis was sentenced to life plus 132 years for the death of 45-year-old Waynesboro Reserve Police Capt. Kevin Quick. Shantai Shelton and Mersadies Shelton were each sentenced to life in prison plus 82 years and Kweli Uhuru was sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years.

In February, a jury found the four guilty of murder and kidnapping.

Quick was reported missing on Feb. 1, 2014. His body was found days later in woods northwest of Richmond. He had been shot.

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