A Ripley County teenager convicted of two counts of murder in the slaying of his two young siblings was sentenced in court Tuesday.Nickalas Kedrowitz was sentenced to 50 years in prison on both counts of murder. Those terms must be served consecutively, a judge ruled, meaning Kedrowitz will serve a total of 100 years.Nickalas Kedrowitz was 13 when he suffocated two of his siblings between 2017 and 2018.Kedrowitz was arrested in August 2018 in the May 2017 killing of his 23-month-old half-sister, Desiree McCartney, and the July 2017 killing of his 11-month-old stepbrother, Nathaniel Ritz.Officials said the children died less than 90 days apart.Ripley County Prosecuting Attorney Ric Hertel said the teen admitted suffocating Desiree with a towel after she got out of the bathtub. He told investigators he suffocated Nathaniel with a blanket.Hertel said the teen made remarks to detectives during the investigation that he was "freeing his siblings from hell."Both were killed at the family's home in Osgood, about 60 miles southeast of Indianapolis.Hertel says the case went through several stages to get to this point, including hearings to determine Kedrowitz's competency and waiver to adult court.
A Ripley County teenager convicted of two counts of murder in the slaying of his two young siblings was sentenced in court Tuesday.
Nickalas Kedrowitz was sentenced to 50 years in prison on both counts of murder. Those terms must be served consecutively, a judge ruled, meaning Kedrowitz will serve a total of 100 years.
Nickalas Kedrowitz was 13 when he suffocated two of his siblings between 2017 and 2018.
Kedrowitz was arrested in August 2018 in the May 2017 killing of his 23-month-old half-sister, Desiree McCartney, and the July 2017 killing of his 11-month-old stepbrother, Nathaniel Ritz.
Officials said the children died less than 90 days apart.
Ripley County Prosecuting Attorney Ric Hertel said the teen admitted suffocating Desiree with a towel after she got out of the bathtub. He told investigators he suffocated Nathaniel with a blanket.
Hertel said the teen made remarks to detectives during the investigation that he was "freeing his siblings from hell."
Both were killed at the family's home in Osgood, about 60 miles southeast of Indianapolis.
Hertel says the case went through several stages to get to this point, including hearings to determine Kedrowitz's competency and waiver to adult court.
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