Sentencing hearing for Halloween murderer starts Thursday

Samisoni Taukitoku will face his sentencing trial 10 a.m. Thursday.

A jury found him guilty of three counts of murder and four counts of threatening others with his gun at a Halloween party last year.

Among the dead was Derek K. Jensen, a 23-year-old University of Nevada, Reno student half a semester from graduation and also the former president of Tau Kappa Epsilon. Charles Coogan Kelly, 23, of Truckee, Calif., and Nathan Viljoen, 23, of Fallon, Nev., were also killed at the party.

Check back at www.nevadasagebrush.com Thursday for updates oh Taukitoku’s sentencing.

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