Jamari Cook Sentenced to 9 Years in Olivia Mackay Murder

Kenosha---18-year-old Jamari Cook was sentenced to 9 years in prison for his role in the strangulation murder of Kenosha teenager Olivia Mackay in 2017. Earlier this year---Cook’s friend---Daniel Tate was convicted of first-degree homicide in the case. Cook testified that he watched Tate murder the girl---then---helped him put her body in a car---then---helped Tate dump the body on a rural Racine County road.

The Kenosha News reports that Kenosha Judge Bruce Schroeder---in his sentencing---called Cook a coward---and---said he was stunned by Cook’s brutal indifference to what happened the night of the murder. (Photo Credit: Law & Order Network)