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Young woman's killer spared from execution

Joe Arthur Turner, 31, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, sexual battery and burglary with an assault or battery.
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Joe Arthur Turner, 31, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, sexual battery and burglary with an assault or battery.

The post-Thanksgiving 2017 search for 25-year-old Jordan Cooper stretched across Keystone Heights, starting on Payne Road where she lived.

Itended on Dec. 9 back in her home when her body was found stuffed among the insulation in her attic, the Clay County Sheriff's Office said.

Now former neighbor Joe Arthur Turner, 31, has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for the second-degree murder and sexual battery of the woman who had the mental capacity of a young teen, investigators said.

Read the rest of this story at WJCT News partner The Florida Times-Union.

Dan Scanlan - Florida Times-Union