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Utah teen gets 5 years to life for helping friend hang herself
Posted: Dec 08, 2018 01:12 PM PST
Updated: Dec 08, 2018 01:14 PM PST
A Utah teenager who helped a girl hang herself last year was sentenced
Friday to between five years and life in prison as part of a plea deal.
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Judge James Brady speaks during Tyerell Przybycien's sentencing in the
4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Christine Scott, a prosecuting attorney, speaks during Tyerell
Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7,
2018, in Provo.
Tyerell Przybycien takes his seat in the 4th District Court during his sentencing on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Sue Bryan, the mother of Jchandra Brown, walks by Tyerell Przybycien,
lower right, during his sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday,
Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Tyerell Przybycien waits for his sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
A photo of Jchandra Brown is pictured behind Dustin Lewis, the older
brother to Brown, during Tyerell Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th
District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Sue Bryan, Jchandra Brown's mother, listens to the defense attorney
speak during Tyerell Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th District Court
on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Brittney Johnson, Tyerell Przybycien's mother, walks by her son during
his sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo. Tyerell Przybycien walks by a photo of Jchandra Brown during
Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7,
2018, in Provo.
Tyerell Przybycien stands for his sentencing in the 4th District Court
on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Brandon Merrill, the Utah program direction and attorney for The Never
Again Foundation, speaks with Sue Bryan, Jchandra Brown's mother, before Tyerell Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday,
Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Chad Grunander, a prosecuting attorney, speaks during Tyerell
Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7,
2018, in Provo.
Larry Przybycien, Tyerell Przybycien's grandfather, speaks during Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7,
2018, in Provo.
Gregory Stewart, a defense attorney for Tyerell Przybycien, leaves the
podium after his remarks during the sentencing for Przybycien in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
A photo of Jchandra Brown is placed on an easel by Chad Grunander, a prosecuting attorney, during the sentencing for Tyerell Przybycien in
4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Hannah Baldt, a friend of Jchandra Brown, hugs Brown's mother, Sue
Bryan, during the sentencing for Tyerell Przybycien in the 4th District
Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Judge James Brady listens to the prosecuting attorney, Chad Grunander,
during Tyerell Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th District Court on
Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Tyerell Przybycien, left, waits for his sentencing as Hannah Baldt, a
friend of Jchandra Brown, right, is seated on the floor of the gallery
in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo. Baldt spoke during the sentencing about her friend, Brown.
Tyerell Przybycien takes his seat after speaking during his sentencing
in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo. Przybycien
was seated to five years to life for first-degree felony of child abuse homicide.
Judge James Brady speaks during Tyerell Przybycien's sentencing in the
4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Christine Scott, a prosecuting attorney, speaks during Tyerell
Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7,
2018, in Provo.
Tyerell Przybycien takes his seat in the 4th District Court during his sentencing on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Sue Bryan, the mother of Jchandra Brown, walks by Tyerell Przybycien,
lower right, during his sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday,
Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Tyerell Przybycien takes his seat in the 4th District Court during his sentencing on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo. View Caption
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By Nate Carlisle
·
Published: December 7
Updated: December 08, 2018
Provo • A 19-year-old man was sentenced to five years to life in prison Friday for helping a teenage girl hang herself and then filming the act.
Tyerell Przybycien apologized to Jchandra Brown’s mother and said he
hoped him taking responsibility by pleading guilty would help everyone
heal.
“I’m also hoping that, although I don’t deserve it, the victim’s family
will be able to forgive me for the immature, thoughtless and rash decision,” Przybycien told the judge.
A lawyer for Przybycien asked the judge for two years in jail and five
years of probation. But 4th District Judge James Brady opted for the
longer sentence in the death of Brown, who was 16.
Przybycien in October pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse homicide.
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Utah teen gets 5 years to life for helping friend hang herself
Posted: Dec 08, 2018 01:12 PM PST
Updated: Dec 08, 2018 01:14 PM PST
A Utah teenager who helped a girl hang herself last year was sentenced
Friday to between five years and life in prison as part of a plea deal.
Copyright 2018 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This
material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
or
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Utah teen who filmed girl's suicide sentenced to prison
Judge James Brady speaks during Tyerell Przybycien's sentencing in the
4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Christine Scott, a prosecuting attorney, speaks during Tyerell
Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7,
2018, in Provo.
Tyerell Przybycien takes his seat in the 4th District Court during his
sentencing on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Sue Bryan, the mother of Jchandra Brown, walks by Tyerell Przybycien,
lower right, during his sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday,
Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Tyerell Przybycien waits for his sentencing in the 4th District Court on
Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
A photo of Jchandra Brown is pictured behind Dustin Lewis, the older
brother to Brown, during Tyerell Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th
District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Sue Bryan, Jchandra Brown's mother, listens to the defense attorney speak
during Tyerell Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th District Court on
Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Brittney Johnson, Tyerell Przybycien's mother, walks by her son during
his sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in
Provo.
Tyerell Przybycien walks by a photo of Jchandra Brown during Przybycien's
sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Tyerell Przybycien stands for his sentencing in the 4th District Court on
Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Brandon Merrill, the Utah program direction and attorney for The Never
Again Foundation, speaks with Sue Bryan, Jchandra Brown's mother, before
Tyerell Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec.
7, 2018, in Provo.
Chad Grunander, a prosecuting attorney, speaks during Tyerell
Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7,
2018, in Provo.
Larry Przybycien, Tyerell Przybycien's grandfather, speaks during
Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7,
2018, in Provo.
Gregory Stewart, a defense attorney for Tyerell Przybycien, leaves the
podium after his remarks during the sentencing for Przybycien in the 4th
District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
A photo of Jchandra Brown is placed on an easel by Chad Grunander, a
prosecuting attorney, during the sentencing for Tyerell Przybycien in 4th
District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Hannah Baldt, a friend of Jchandra Brown, hugs Brown's mother, Sue Bryan,
during the sentencing for Tyerell Przybycien in the 4th District Court on
Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Judge James Brady listens to the prosecuting attorney, Chad Grunander,
during Tyerell Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th District Court on
Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Tyerell Przybycien, left, waits for his sentencing as Hannah Baldt, a
friend of Jchandra Brown, right, is seated on the floor of the gallery in
the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo. Baldt spoke
during the sentencing about her friend, Brown.
Tyerell Przybycien takes his seat after speaking during his sentencing in
the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo. Przybycien was
seated to five years to life for first-degree felony of child abuse
homicide.
Judge James Brady speaks during Tyerell Przybycien's sentencing in the
4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Christine Scott, a prosecuting attorney, speaks during Tyerell
Przybycien's sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday, Dec. 7,
2018, in Provo.
Tyerell Przybycien takes his seat in the 4th District Court during his
sentencing on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Sue Bryan, the mother of Jchandra Brown, walks by Tyerell Przybycien,
lower right, during his sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday,
Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Tyerell Przybycien takes his seat in the 4th District Court during his
sentencing on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo. View Caption
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By Nate Carlisle
Published: December 7
Updated: December 08, 2018
Provo . A 19-year-old man was sentenced to five years to life in prison
Friday for helping a teenage girl hang herself and then filming the act.
Tyerell Przybycien apologized to Jchandra Brown's mother and said he
hoped him taking responsibility by pleading guilty would help everyone
heal.
"I'm also hoping that, although I don't deserve it, the victim's family
will be able to forgive me for the immature, thoughtless and rash
decision," Przybycien told the judge.
A lawyer for Przybycien asked the judge for two years in jail and five
years of probation. But 4th District Judge James Brady opted for the
longer sentence in the death of Brown, who was 16.
Przybycien in October pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse
homicide.
He also pleaded guilty to a count of attempted sexual exploitation of a
minor in connection to child pornography that detectives found on Przybycien's cellphone while investigating Brown's death. The judge
ordered Przybycien to serve a prison term of up to five years for this
charge but ordered the sentence to run concurrent to the sentence for
child abuse homicide.
Brady's ruling followed a sentencing hearing that had even police officers
in the room tearing up. The courtroom gallery was full with supporters for both Przybycien and Brown. Brown's family brought a framed wall
poster-size photograph of her.
Przybycien's grandfather Larry Przybycien brought two small photos of his grandson as a boy and held them up before Brady.
"This is the Ty that we know," the elder Przybycien told the judge. "We
all want him to come home."
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The grandfather described the kindness his grandson had shown to people
over the years, including people with disabilities, and asked for a light sentence.
Brown's friends and family told Brady stories of the girl they called
"Jelly" and who dyed blue streaks in her hair. Brown's mother, Sue Bryan, said her daughter would have turned 18 on Dec. 2. She described to the
judge all the events her daughter will never have - from attending prom to going on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to having children.
"I also want Jchandra to come home, just like they want Tyerell to," she said, "but the difference is Jchandra can't."
Throughout the hearing, Przybycien was quiet and still in a dark blue Utah County jail jumpsuit and shackles.
On May 6, 2017, a turkey hunter found Brown, 16, hanging by a noose near Maple Lake in Spanish Fork Canyon. At her feet was a cellphone containing
a 10-minute video of her death.
In the video - played during a 2017 preliminary hearing - Przybycien is
heard muttering "Um" and "OK" as the girl hangs.
Przybycien checked on her, once saying, "Thumbs up if you're OK," but at other times makes comments about the girl's death, saying, "That's when
the brain stops getting oxygen."
The video ends with Przybycien saying, "I guess I'll just leave this here now."
Sue Bryan, the mother of Jchandra Brown, walks by Tyerell Przybycien,
lower right, during his sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday,
Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Sue Bryan, the mother of Jchandra Brown, walks by Tyerell Przybycien,
lower right, during his sentencing in the 4th District Court on Friday,
Dec. 7, 2018, in Provo.
Investigators at the scene also found a receipt with Przybycien's name on
it showing he bought a rope and other items.
Deputy Utah County Attorney Chad Grunander called Przybycien "a clear risk
to our community" and asked for the sentence of up to life in prison. Grunander on Friday argued to Brady that Brown never would have killed herself without Przybycien. When he heard she was thinking of suicide, the prosecutor said, he encouraged her ideas and helped carry them out because Przybycien had his own murder fantasies.
Grunande also quoted letters Przybycien wrote from jail. In one letter, Przybycien took credit for a recent increase in suicides in Utah. In
another letter, he discussed getting a noose tattoo when he leaves jail.
"That's a trophy for him and what he accomplished in helping Jchandra
die," Grunander told the judge.
Deputy Utah County Attorney Christine Scott described the photos of
toddlers being sexually abused that were found on Przybycien's phone and quoted text messages and letters in which Przybycien described his
attraction to children.
In explaining his sentence, Brady suggested he was concerned Przybycien
posed a threat.
"I'm looking at behaviors," the judge said, "and I'm looking at risk and I'm looking at rehabilitation potential."
Prosecutors originally charged Przybycien with a count of murder that
carried a 15-year minimum sentence. Przybycien and prosecutors struck a
deal in October that allowed Przybycien to plead guilty to the child abuse homicide count with a five-year minimum. The attempted sexual exploitation charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Prosecutors agreed to dismiss a charges of failure to report a dead body
and witness tampering. After his arrest, Przybycien wrote letters from the Utah County jail asking potential witnesses not to speak to detectives.
Przybycien's case spurred Utah legislators to pass a law this year that criminalized assisted suicide. Prosecutors can now seek a felony
manslaughter charge that's punishable by up to 15 years in prison if they
can show a person provided physical means for someone to commit suicide.
People who have suicidal thoughts can call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or visit
the Utah Suicide Prevention Coalition's website for help. A smartphone application called SafeUT also allows users to chat or call a crisis counselor and submit tips.
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