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Tyler Ryan Hirsch was sentenced to life in prison for the 2018 sexual assault and murder of his neighbor, Melody Victoria Bennett

Bennett was found dead from multiple stab wounds, and Hirsch became a suspect after making a comment about the murder

Hirsch was convicted of first-degree murder and several other charges

A man who sexually assaulted and killed his neighbor — then hopped on the bus to his high school — was sentenced to life in prison, seven years after her murder.

Tyler Ryan Hirsch, now 24, was sentenced to life in prison for killing Melody Victoria Bennett, the State Attorney’s Office for the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Florida announced on Aug. 1.

Sumter County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home on Jan. 25, 2018 and found Bennett dead with numerous stab

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