Oregon teen who killed dad's girlfriend before raping her lifeless body gets 7 years: 'No justice here'
McMINNVILLE, OREGON: Three years ago, an Oregon teenager slashed the throat of his father's girlfriend and then whipped her body with a belt.
This week, on April 20, the teen was sentenced to seven years in prison. 18-year-old Andrew Vineyard was sentenced by a Yamhill County circuit judge to seven years in prison for the "sadistic sexual murder" of Kimberly Forness, the Oregonian reports.
Forness' daughter, Ellie, shared, "It is a shame to call what we are doing here today an action of the justice system because no one is getting justice. It is a shame to call what we are doing here today an action of the justice system because no one is getting justice."
The murder took place on March 8 in 2017 when Vineyard slashed Forness' throat. He then beat her with baseball bats and sexually abused her body at a home located in McMinnville, Oregon. After committing the sick crime, he watched a Korn music video, took a bath, had a cup of tea, and bleached the crime scene.
During the hearing, Yamhill County Chief Deputy District Attorney Kathryn Lynch detailed out Vineyard's crimes and revealed that on the day, Vineyard had faked being sick and asked permission to watch TV. His father did not permit him to do so. Vineyard then went outside to get a box-cutter, jumped on Forness, and "slit her throat, leaving a 5-inch horizontal incision across her neck."
The injury was severe but was not fatal. Forness even managed to escape to the bedroom and tried to call for help. Vineyard then broke into the room and beat her to death with baseball bats. The prosecutor said, "Ms Forness’s death was prolonged and it was extremely violent."
As per evidence at the crime scene, he whipped her lifeless body with a belt and then stripped her. Lynch told the court that he sexually abused the corpse "thereby controlling her in the most intimate way that a male can control a female."
The teen had also admitted to shooting his father's roommate Ron Spiker in the hip and in the face. Spiker survived the ordeal and reportedly walks with a limp now. Vineyard shot Spiker after which he rode his cycle to the courthouse and used the phone of a court security staffer to call 911 and confess his crimes.
He had also told Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office Detective Todd Steele that he had been "having extremely violent thoughts about people" for a month.
Vineyard was 15 at the time when he committed the crime. He later turned himself in at a county courthouse, the News-Register reveals. Yamhill County Chief Deputy District Attorney Kathryn Lynch shared, "Ms. Forness’s death was prolonged and it was extremely violent."
He had confessed to the juvenile court that he was guilty of second-degree murder in 2017, for the Forness case. He also admitted to being guilty of first-degree murder and first-degree assault in the shooting of Spiker.
Vineyard was sentenced to the Oregon Youth Authority and would be released when he is 25 years old.
The teen had started out in adult court but had been moved back to Juvenile Court given last year's passage of Oregon's juvenile justice law. The prosecutors had attempted to have it moved back to adult court but Yamhill County Circuit Judge John Collins ruled that the teen would have to stay in Juvenile Court.
Collins admitted he did not like the conclusion but said his hands were tied given the law.