Two Tennessee brothers will spend several decades behind bars for killing their father over a real estate inheritance dispute.

In May, a Carter County jury found Jacob Alexander Hitchcock, 33, and Joshua Elliott Hitchcock, 27, guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The charges stem from the April 2023 fatal shooting of their father, William "Bill" Hitchcock, Jr., 63.

The elder sibling was also found guilty of tampering with evidence.

On Wednesday, the pair were handed life sentences for the murder conviction, with an additional 15 years in prison for the conspiracy conviction. The tampering conviction carries a three-year sentence.

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