A West Virginia man who murdered a woman in front of her two daughters will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury told the judge to show no mercy.

Charles Lee Dawson, 45, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being found guilty of first-degree murder on July 31. Mercer County Prosecuting Attorney Brian K. Cochran said in a press release obtained by WVNS, a local Fox and CBS affiliate, that Dawson shot 32-year-old Keri Michelle Billings in the head with an AR-15 rifle in front of her two young daughters on Oct. 9, 2023.

According to Cochran, Dawson told Billings that "this is the end game for her, and that he was going to split her head" before he aimed the rifle at her head and fired.

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