A man from Washington killed his cellmate after discovering that he was the convicted child rapist who had attacked his sister.
NBC affiliate KHQ-TV reported that Shane Goldsby, 26, was sentenced to 298 months in prison for the June 2020 murder – just under 25 years — for the crime.
“I cannot imagine what it would be like to lose a loved one in this kind of way,” Goldsby read from a prepared statement, before learning of his sentence. “To his wife and his whole family, I apologize. I am so sorry and I hope you are able to heal from what I caused.”
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According to KHQ-TV, Robert Munger, 70, suffered a skull fracture and brain contusions as a result of multiple hits from Goldsby on Tuesday, June 2 inside the Airway Heights Corrections Center. After he died three days later in the hospital, the Spokane County Medical Examiner verified the cause of death as blunt force trauma.
Court records say Goldsby “[hit] Munger in the face and head region around 14 times, (stomped) on his head at least four times, and (kicked) a couple more times before walking away and being brought into custody by Airway Heights Corrections Guards.”
Goldsby told KHQ-TV that Munger kept telling him about the horrors he perpetrated on his victims. When Goldsby discovered Munger was his younger sister’s abuser, he told KHQ-TV, “I was in shock.” ‘What the f***?’ I said… This kind of thing doesn’t happen. You’re talking about the same institution, unit, and pod in the same cell as this guy. That’s like striking the jackpot seven times in a row at the casino.”
Munger was sentenced to 43 years in jail in December 2019 after being engaged in several child sex abuse cases, including that of Goldsby’s sister. Goldsby was initially imprisoned in 2017 after hijacking a police car and leading officers on a high-speed chase.
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