Overview
- Morrison, 65, admitted in Berkshire Superior Court to kidnapping Laura Sheridan in 1981 and then pleaded guilty in Bennington Superior Court to murdering pro golfer Sarah Hunter in 1986.
- A Vermont judge sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole, to run concurrently with his existing California life terms and his new Massachusetts sentence, and he will remain in Vermont custody.
- Massachusetts records show a sentence of two to four years for the 1981 kidnapping after Morrison was extradited from California and changed his plea to guilty.
- Prosecutors said Hunter was seized at a Manchester gas station, bound and placed in a car trunk, then killed in Danby by a stab wound to the ear inflicted with scissors.
- Bennington County’s 2015 case collapse over an evidence-handling error was overcome through a renewed, joint effort by Vermont and Massachusetts authorities, who said Morrison’s confessions followed his request to serve time closer to relatives.