An Ohio man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the execution-style murder of a 14-year-old runaway boy.

On Sept. 17, Jaheym Cheeks, 23, was convicted by a jury of his peers on counts of aggravated murder, murder , and kidnapping. On Friday, the defendant was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole by Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Kim Brown.

On March 5, 2022, during the early morning hours, Cheeks shot Brylan Butcher, 14, in the head before leaving his body crammed between trash cans in an alleyway in the Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus.

The boy's body was discovered the next morning by a female dumpster diver, according to The Columbus Dispatch .

"He's definitely dead," the 911 caller said.

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