GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Back before a judge again, a man who murdered a young woman in Grand Rapids not long before his 18th birthday was granted a new sentence that will eventually make him eligible for parole.
Marc Osborne has been in a state prison since he was convicted of the 1999 rape and murder of Jessica Ledford, 18, in Highland Park on College Avenue NE. He was sentenced to life in prison at the time.
At a resentencing on Tuesday, he was sentenced to between 40 and 60 years. That means he will be eligible for parole in about 15 years, by about 2039…