Texas Youth Gets Life for Assault, Murder of 18-Year-Old College Dance Student

Texas Youth Gets Life for Assault, Murder of 18-Year-Old College Dance Student
Meechaiel Khalil Criner was convicted of killing of University of Texas at Austin student Haruka Weiser. Austin Police Department
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A 20-year-old Texas man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and killing a University of Texas freshman dance student in 2016.

Meechaiel Criner will spend at least 40 years behind bars for his crimes. He could not be executed because he was only 17 when he committed the crimes.