A previous LSU student who entered the townhouse of a serial killer victim five days after her death was sentenced Friday morning.
Jeremiah Pastor, 25, 4494 Alvin Dark Ave., pleaded guilty Nov. 19 to unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, according to The Advocate.
Defense attorney Frank Holthaus said Pastor will serve 6 months in a halfway house, where he only will be allowed to leave for necessary means such as work, school or doctor appointments. He also will be required to do 300 community service hours and will serve three years supervised probation.
Prosecutor Dana Cummings said along with this sentence, Pastor must pay a $1,000 fine and $500 to a victim reparations fund, which goes to victims of crimes in East Baton Rouge Parish.
On June 4, 2002 Pastor entered the Sharlo Avenue townhouse of Charlotte Murray Pace, who had been stabbed in her home May 31 by a serial killer who remains on the loose.
Cummings said she feels the sentence is fair since Pace’s family did not want Pastor to receive jail time.
“The victim’s family wanted Pastor to appreciate the seriousness of his actions,” Cummings said. “They just wanted to him know how cruel it was.”
Holthaus said his client deserved the sentence because his actions were insensitive and juvenile. He said Pastor knows the severity of his actions, and he has no one to blame but himself.
Pastor will leave his parents’ home in Lafayette to move to the Ecumenical house as soon as a bed is available.