KELSO, Wash. -- A Longview man who admitted killing his ex-girlfriend's mother and wounding her father has been sentenced to 54 years in prison.
Twenty-one-year-old Anthony Michael James Scott had pleaded guilty last week to murder and attempted murder. He shot Kathleen and Robert Tubbs in October 2008.
After the shooting, Scott left his ex-girlfriend a voicemail saying, "Hope you like the gift."
On Wednesday, defense lawyer Terry Mulligan told Cowlitz County Superior Court that Scott has a long history of mental illness and was physically and sexually abused as a child.
Judge Jim Stonier says the sentencing was difficult because of Scott's mental health problems but the judge decided he couldn't impose anything less than the statutory maximum term.
