Overview

• Randall, 29, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for killing 17-year-old Jaeden Chaisson and aggravated assault for injuring her 13-year-old cousin, Brooklyn Janes.
• The judge imposed a life sentence with no chance of parole for 12 years, two years above the minimum for second-degree murder, and a lifetime ban on firearms possession.
• Arcand-Kootenay pointed to Randall’s prior 2017 conviction and his role as a trusted adult in the victims’ lives when justifying the extended parole bar.
• In her victim impact statement, Nicole Chaisson described the anguish of watching her daughter suffer 21 stab wounds and die after life support measures.
• Survivor Brooklyn Janes, now 14, received 12 stab wounds and successfully petitioned to lift the court’s publication ban on her identity after feigning death to survive.