Cayucos man gets 25 years for killing grandma

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) - A Cayucos man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for killing his 84-year-old grandmother over fears he wouldn't inherit her house and money.

A San Luis Obispo County jury convicted 36-year-old Matthew Levine on April 1 for the first-degree murder of Dorothy Vivian Autrey and elder abuse. He was sentenced Thursday.

Prosecutors say Levine killed Autrey for her house and money.

Levine claimed he accidentally killed his grandmother on Feb. 20, 2008, in her Cayucos home when he was high on marijuana and cough syrup. He then stuffed her into a suitcase and dumped her body along Highway 1.


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