By TERRI VERMEULEN KEITH | City News Service

A man who was convicted of first-degree murder and robbery for using two knives to fatally stab a 67-year-old woman on a Metro train in the Studio City area last year was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Elliott Tramel Nowden, now 47, was convicted Nov. 17 of the April 22, 2024, attack on Mirna Soza Arauz.

Jurors also found true the special-circumstance allegation of murder during the commission of a robbery, along with allegations that he personally used a knife and that the victim was robbed while she was a passenger aboard the train.

Along with the life prison sentence, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Karla D. Kerlin imposed an additional eight years behind bars for the robbery charge.

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