A former Marine has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his father.
David Winters, 21, was on holiday leave from the Marines Corps when he stabbed his father, Andrew R. Winters, 55, to death in the woods near his parents’ Rockville home in December 2007. He then made up a story about a group of people attacking his father.
Authorities say Winters had purchased a hunting knife and had asked about his father’s ability to defend himself.
Police found the knife after draining a nearby pond.
Winters was convicted of first-degree murder in January 2009.
He was sentenced by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge William J. Rowan III.
— Emily Babay
