The final member of a quartet in Texas was sentenced for his role in a deceptive social media catfish killing earlier this week.

On Thursday, Cyle Flores, 18, pleaded guilty to one count of murder and was subsequently sentenced to 25 years in state prison.

In 2021, Flores and three of his friends – Jeremiah Marquez, 18, Justin Angel Hernandez, 22, and Edgar Alfonso Castillo, 17 – used Facebook Messenger to lure Israel Martinez, 22, to a residence on Gurley Avenue in Waco, where he was robbed, repeatedly shot, and killed.

The fourth member of the crew finally took the same route as his confederates — foregoing trial by accepting a plea deal offered by the McLennan County District Attorney's Office.

Originally, each defendant was charged with capital murder. One by one, prosecutors accep

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