LIVINGSTON COUNTY (AP) – A 66-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for the 2008 slayings of his brother and sister-in-law in their Livingston County home.

A jury last month found Jerome Kowalski guilty of two counts of first-degree murder.

Tuesday, the judge gave Kowalski the mandatory sentence under Michigan law.

Before sentencing, he told the judge he’s innocent and “the killer is still out there.”

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