|Gerald Carnahan (mug shot SLCOSO)|
Gerald Carnahan was always the chief suspect in the 20 year-old woman's rape and beating death. Advances in DNA finally caught up with now paunchy international businessman in August of 2007 when he was charged with first-degree murder and forcible rape for the former beauty queen's murder.
|Jackie Johns (family photo)|
Witnesses reported seeing Carnahan's distinctive truck parked behind the convenience store and near Johns' abandoned vehicle the night she went missing.
The sentencing of Carnahan today is a mere formality, as the only sentence available for first-degree murder is life without the possibility of parole. The jury has also recommended a life sentence for the rape conviction.
The reality is Gerald Carnahan will never set foot outside of prison alive....barring an appeals court overturning the convictions.