TOLEDO, Ohio — A Lucas County judge on Thursday sentenced a Toledo man to life in prison without parole for killing his own mother.
Travis Lewton, 32, took an Alford plea to one count of aggravated murder and one count of abuse of corpse. The judge gave him an additional 11 months in prison, on top of the life sentence, for the abuse of corpse charge.
An Alford plea is not an admission of guilt. A defendant entering an Alford plea agrees to be found guilty without admitting they committed the crime.
The body of Lewton's mother, 71-year-old Nancy Lewton, was found in a wooded area behind their south Toledo home on Oct. 1, 2022, by officers dispatched to check on her safety.
Nancy Lewton was visiting her best friend in Florida a few days earlier and when family members couldn't get ahold of her when she returned home, they called the police.
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