CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has sentenced a former Northwestern University professor to 53 years in prison Tuesday for the 2017 stabbing death of his boyfriend. Cook County Judge Charles Burns called the killing of Trenton Cornell-Duranleau “cold-blooded” and an “execution” as he sentenced 47-year-old Wyndham Lathem Tuesday. A jury found Lathem guilty of first-degree murder in October. Cornell-Duranleau was stabbed more than 70 times by Lathem and Andrew Warren, a British man who prosecutors said Lathem had paid to come to Chicago to commit the murder together. Northwestern fired Lathem, a renowned microbiologist, after he fled the Chicago area following the killing.
Ex-Northwestern prof gets 53 years for killing boyfriend
WJBD Staff
Jan 26, 2022 | 9:04 AM
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