THE MAN FOUND GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE APRIL 2020 FATAL STABBING OF THE WOMAN WHO ADOPTED HIM HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO PRISON.
31-YEAR-OLD PAUL BELK WAS SENTENCED TO UP TO 50 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER FOR THE DEATH OF 55-YEAR-OLD LISA BELK.
HIS ADOPTED SISTER SUZAN BELK, WHO HE STABBED IN THE SAME INCIDENT, READ A VICTIM’S IMPACT STATEMENT AT THE SENTENCING:
BELK6 OC………YOU TOOK MOM’S. :19
A YOUNGER SISTER, ZOE (ZO-EE) BELK, ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE LOSS OF HER MOTHER:
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PAUL BELK WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, AND PRESIDING JUDGE
JEFFREY NEARY RULED THAT IT WAS BELK’S MARIJUANA USE COMBINED WITH A MENTAL CONDITION HE SUFFERS FROM THAT LED TO THE STABBINGS.
BELK MUST SERVE A MINIMUM OF 35-YEARS-IN PRISON BEFORE BEING ELEIGIBLE FOR PAROLE.
