A man has been sentenced to 44 years to life in prison after being found guilty on all charges in the murder of a La Salle High School graduate in 2021.Judge Alison Hatheway sentenced Christian Henderson to 44 years to life Thursday on charges including aggravated murder, murder, aggravated robbery and robbery.Henderson was found guilty by a jury in June on all counts, four years after the murder took place. Prosecutors say Henderson and a teenager, Savannah Wilson, lured 23-year-old Luke Macke to Westwood in 2021 to rob him, but ended up killing him instead.As the prosecution was resting their case in Henderson’s first trial, the judge declared a mistrial. This came after Henderson complained of a head injury and memory issues.Video obtained by WLWT shows a corrections officer finding him unconscious and bleeding in his cell. Authorities say his injuries were self-inflicted.A retrial began in June for Henderson, who has been representing himself in the case that has been plagued with delays.Nicole Coffin, Macke’s mother, took the stand in both trials, talking about the day her son died and the final voicemail he left.“It was him saying ‘I love you mom,’ between him gagging on his blood and snoring sounds,” Coffin said as she took the stand earlier this month in the retrial. Nicole Coffin spoke with WLWT after the verdict was read, saying they’re happy justice was served.”Well. We’re elated. It’s been four years of hell, and we got all five crimes. Found guilty for what he’s done to our son. Our son didn’t deserve to die. Nobody deserves to die. And we got our justice,” Coffin said.Six of Luke Macke’s relatives and friends spoke during the sentencing, giving extremely powerful statements. “In your pathetic, insecure little world, the only way to feel powerful is to grab a gun like a coward so you murdered him to feel like a man but let me be clear. you’ve never been one and you will never be one,” McKenna Macke, Luke Macke’s sister, said.”You had no regard for my son’s life so we have no regard for yours,” Luke’s father, Craig Macke, said.
HAMILTON COUNTY, Ohio —
A man has been sentenced to 44 years to life in prison after being found guilty on all charges in the murder of a La Salle High School graduate in 2021.
Judge Alison Hatheway sentenced Christian Henderson to 44 years to life Thursday on charges including aggravated murder, murder, aggravated robbery and robbery.
Henderson was found guilty by a jury in June on all counts, four years after the murder took place.
Prosecutors say Henderson and a teenager, Savannah Wilson, lured 23-year-old Luke Macke to Westwood in 2021 to rob him, but ended up killing him instead.
As the prosecution was resting their case in Henderson’s first trial, the judge declared a mistrial. This came after Henderson complained of a head injury and memory issues.
Video obtained by WLWT shows a corrections officer finding him unconscious and bleeding in his cell. Authorities say his injuries were self-inflicted.
A retrial began in June for Henderson, who has been representing himself in the case that has been plagued with delays.
Nicole Coffin, Macke’s mother, took the stand in both trials, talking about the day her son died and the final voicemail he left.
“It was him saying ‘I love you mom,’ between him gagging on his blood and snoring sounds,” Coffin said as she took the stand earlier this month in the retrial.
Nicole Coffin spoke with WLWT after the verdict was read, saying they’re happy justice was served.
“Well. We’re elated. It’s been four years of hell, and we got all five crimes. Found guilty for what he’s done to our son. Our son didn’t deserve to die. Nobody deserves to die. And we got our justice,” Coffin said.
Six of Luke Macke’s relatives and friends spoke during the sentencing, giving extremely powerful statements.
“In your pathetic, insecure little world, the only way to feel powerful is to grab a gun like a coward so you murdered him to feel like a man but let me be clear. you’ve never been one and you will never be one,” McKenna Macke, Luke Macke’s sister, said.
“You had no regard for my son’s life so we have no regard for yours,” Luke’s father, Craig Macke, said.