TUCSON, ARIZONA – April 10, 2024 –
Today a Pima County Superior Court Judge sentenced Christopher Clements to serve natural life in prison with no parole in the murder of Isabel Celis. Clements also received 17 years for kidnapping and 3 years on the burglary charge in the case. This will follow the sentence imposed in the Maribel Gonzalez case where he also received a life sentence. Pima County Attorney Laura Conover released the following statement after sentencing.
“We do not take lightly a request for a sentence of natural life, because in effect we are asking for a sentence of death at the conclusion of incarceration. But there are times when we do ask for just such a sentence, as we did today. And in achieving that goal, this individual can bring no further harm to our community.”
Laura Conover
Media Contact: Shawndrea Thomas
Director of Communications
Pima County Attorney’s Office
(520) 724-5738 (Office)
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Shawndrea.Thomas@pcao.pima.gov
