Virginia man to serve 13 years in prison for accidentally killing girlfriend, dumping body
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mug shots for Teressa Everett, Billy Wilson Everett, Duane Goodson and Frank Everett. (Norfolk Police)
A Virginia man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison in the death of his girlfriend 11 years ago, according to a report.
Billy Wilson Everett, 49, of Norfolk, was convicted of three charges in the Nov. 15, 2007, death of 26-year-old Lori Jordan of Virginia Beach, WAVY-TV reported Friday.
The Virginian-Pilot reported in September that the jury convicted Everett of accidentally killing Jordan and dumping her body in a park. Her body was found weeks after she died.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, concealment of a dead body and defilement of a dead body.
Prosecutors failed to convince the jury that Everett poisoned Jordan with a deadly mixture of heroin, cocaine and alcohol. They had charged him with murder.
Everett was the father of two of her three children.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Cold case detectives reopened the case in 2012, WTKR-TV reported in 2016.
Her death was initally ruled undetermined.
Everett's parents Frank Everett and Teressa Everett are serving five-year prison sentences for helping him dispose of the body.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Duane Goodson was sentenced to one year in prison for illegal disposal of a dead body.