Man Stabbed 17-Years-Old Girl Friend 32 Times To Death For Breaking Up With him

Nickolas Lacrosse, of Springfield, was sentenced to life without parole Thursday after a jury found him guilty of first degree murder.


Prosecutors say Lacrossee stabbed 17-years-old Kathryn Mauke 32 times in her own home in February 2015 because he was angry she had broken up with him.

"But 32 blows were necessary to end Kathryn's life," Assistant District Attorney Mary Sandstrom said in her closing arguments.

Two defense experts. a neuropsychologist and a psychiatrist had testified that Lacrosse didn't have ability to control his actions. They claimed that Lacrosse went into a dissociative state when he did the killing and would be sentence to prison for his action.