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Alexander Hung Tran received three life sentences with no possibility of parole for a 2015 triple murder.

Tran was convicted of killing Heike Poike, her granddaughter and a family friend.

Judge Hruby-Mills cited Tran's lack of remorse in her sentencing decision.

SALT LAKE CITY — A man convicted of the aggravated murder of a grandmother, her grandchild and a family friend in 2015 was given three life sentences on Friday.

Alexander Hung Tran, 42, was found guilty in August of three counts of aggravated murder, first-degree felonies. He was sentenced Friday to life in prison without possibility of parole for each charge after almost a dozen of the victims' family members made statements in court.

Heike Poike, 50; her 2-month-old granddaughter, Lyrik; and a family friend,

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