A St. Louis man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges he raped an unconscious woman — who later was found dead.
Kenneth R. Middleton, 19, of the 7800 block of Ivory Avenue, pleaded guilty Sept. 11 in St. Louis Circuit Court to charges of rape, stealing and theft of a firearm as part of an agreement with prosecutors. St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer followed terms of the agreement by sentencing Middleton to 18 years in prison.
Middleton raped Kelli Pound, 47, who was found dead Sept. 13, 2015, in a community garden in the 8200 block of Alabama Avenue. Pound’s purse was found and Middleton later admitted taking her cellphone. He was recorded by a nearby store’s surveillance camera near Pound’s body.
Two months later Pound’s death an accidental heroin overdose.
