MADISON, Wis. — Khari Sanford, the man found guilty of two counts of homicide in the 2020 murders of his girlfriend’s parents, was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility for parole Wednesday.
The couple, Dr. Beth Potter and her husband Robin Carre, was found shot and left for dead in the UW Arboretum in March 2020. Sanford, who was dating Potter and Carre’s daughter at the time of the murders, was found guilty of killing the couple in May and convicted of two counts of first-degree intentional homicide as party to a crime.
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During the hearing, prosecutors recommended that Sanford not be granted the possibility of parole, while Sanford’s attorneys asked for him to be able to petition for a parole hearing after 25 years in prison.
Before sentencing Sanford, Judge Ellen Berz said that “the world was a better place” with Potter and Carre in it. She said Sanford’s action showed premeditation, and that the murders were a “calculated homicide.”
“Currently, you have utter disregard for human life,” Berz said. “And the public, anyone in the public, no matter how kind they are to you, no matter how generous they are to you, no matter how much they try to help you, they are at risk of being killed by you.”
Sentencing also took place Wednesday for Sanford’s alleged accomplice, Ali’jah Larrue, who testified against Sanford during the trial. In May of 2021, Larrue pleaded guilty to two counts of felony murder as a party to a crime. Two counts of first-degree intentional homicide as party to a crime were dismissed during the plea hearing.
Larrue was sentenced to eight years in prison and 10 years of extended of supervision.
“It gives this court pause that you have an undeveloped frontal lobe, as all people your age do, but, add to it, that you are a follower with an undeveloped moral compass and a lack of courage of character,” Berz said before handing down the sentence. “That makes you dangerous.”
As a condition of his parole, he is not allowed to have any contact with Potter or Carre’s family, and he is not allowed to have contact with Sanford. He is also not allowed to possess a dangerous weapon and must be involved full-time with work, school or a treatment program.
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