Young woman sentenced for killing 92-year-old roommate and staging the body for police
A 27-year-old woman in Maryland has been sentenced to prison for the killing of her 92-year-old roommate and longtime family friend. The victim, Nancy Ann Frankel, was a renowned sculptor who had practiced her craft for over seven decades. The defendant, Julia Birch, admitted to strangling Frankel inside their shared home before staging the body and spraying it with perfume. The court records reveal that Birch has been sentenced to 40 years in prison, with …