A man who was high on drugs when he struck and killed a Connecticut state trooper on a highway last year was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison, punishment not considered long enough by the trooper's widow.

The man charged in the hit-and-run that killed a Connecticut State Police trooper in May 2024 was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison. Alex Oyola-Sanchez, 45, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in a hit-and-run that killed Connecticut State Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier.

Virginia Giuffre’s final weeks were rife with grief and sadness, with her family providing more insight into her life in a series of recent interviews. Before she died by suicide on Thursday, April 24, Giuffre appeared to be in a custody battle with her estranged husband. The two shared three children aged 19, 16, and