BEAUMONT — A Beaumont man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison by a Jefferson County jury in the 2017 shooting death of another Beaumont man.
Seth Joachim Haynes, 21, who was also fined $5,000, was found guilty Monday for the January 2017 death of Alex Straway, 23, whose burned body was found inside his car in the north end of Beaumont.
Haynes won't be eligible for parole until he has served half of the 40 year sentence.
Haynes admitted to police that he shot and killed Straway before driving Straway's car to the 3300 block of McHale Street and setting it on fire with his body inside it, according to file stories.
Haynes was indicted for the crime in February 2017.