ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) 鈥� A D.C. man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing a transgender woman in Montgomery County last April.
The Washington Post Judge Marielsa Bernard imposed the maximum sentence for second-degree murder on Keith C. Renier.
Renier fatally stabbed Keyonna Blakeney. She was found dead of multiple stab wounds in a motel last year on April 16, 2016.
Court documents show Renier arrived at the hotel along with a second suspect via an Uber car arranged and paid for by Blakeney.
A confidential informant told detectives the second suspect had arranged to meet Blakeney under the false pretense of a date and instead intended to rob her with Renier’s help.
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