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Emily Drake was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the 2022 murder of Bert Kopinitz.

Drake pleaded guilty last July to killing the man with a baseball bat.

Kopinitz, a retired maintenance supervisor, was known for his kindness and community work, a family member says.

OGDEN — A woman who beat an Ogden man to death with a baseball bat in 2022 has been sentenced to a term of 15 years to life in prison.

Emily Drake, now 40, pleaded guilty in July to murder, a first-degree felony, and was sentenced Wednesday by 2nd District Judge Cristina Ortega. Drake was homeless, according to authorities, and the victim — retired maintenance supervisor Bert Kenneth Kopinitz , 68 — was an acquaintance.

Branden Miles, chief criminal deputy prosecutor in the Weber County Attorney

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