NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – An Aztec woman received a 15-year prison sentence for stabbing her brother. He died as a result of the stabbing.
Mykelti Brown, 24, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for killing Levi Loma in 2020. Loma was only 31 when he was killed.
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According to court documents, Brown got upset when Loma started wrestling with other relatives. She went to the kitchen for a knife and stabbed Loma after witnesses said he taunted her.