Tyreese Quinerley covered his face with a towel as he was escorted out of a courtroom in the Montgomery County Courthouse on Wednesday. Quinerley was sentenced to 18 to 40 years in prison for third-degree murder. Read more Vinny Vella / S

by Vinny Vella Published June 4, 2025, 4:02 p.m. ET

Tyreese Quinerley killed his childhood friend and dumped his body on the side of City Avenue in Lower Merion last year, and for that, he was sentenced Wednesday to 18 to 40 years in state prison.

Quinerley told Montgomery County Court Judge William Carpenter he didn’t remember why he committed the crime. He said he was too high on PCP to recall the events that led to the death of Jeremiah Shackford.

The judge was unmoved.

“Drug intoxication does not spare him from the consequences o

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