OXFORD, Miss — Authorities have told a newspaper that a white former police officer in Mississippi will accept a life sentence in the 2019 shooting death of a Black woman with whom he allegedly had a romantic relationship.
The Oxford Eagle reports the prosecutor and the attorney for the family of the slain woman, Dominique Clayton, confirm the plea agreement with ex-Oxford police officer Matthew Kinne. Kinne's lawyer couldn't be reached.
The report says sentencing is planned Friday for Kinne, who was indicted on a capital murder charge. Authorities said he broke into Clayton's home and shot her as she slept.