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Frank Altimari was sentenced to 40 years in prison with 30 years suspended for second-degree murder for killing Nicholas “Nick” Altimari, 61, in 2017, online court records show.
He was also sentenced to 10 years in prison for the malicious wounding of his stepmother, Felipita Altmari, according to online court records.
The sentences will run consecutively.
The University of Virginia graduate and former Capital One project manager was convicted in November of second-degree murder and malicious wounding, online court records show.
Nicholas Altimari, 61.Nicholas Altimari/Linkedin
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He pleaded no contest to the charges in a plea agreement with prosecutors who agreed he would receive a maximum sentence of 30 years, theRichmond Times-Dispatchreports.
As Altimari’s stepmother, Felipita, lay on the ground suffering from a broken leg, Frank jumped out of the car andbegan hitting his father in the head, chest, and neck with an ax, killing him, theRoanoke Timesreports.
During police questioning, Frank said, “The world would be a better place without my dad in it,” theRichmond Times-Dispatchreports.
Frank’s lawyers had argued that the former Capital One project manager suffered from mental health issues and paranoid delusions and should be sent for treatment instead of to prison, theRichmond Times-Dispatchreports.
Chesterfield Circuit Judge David E. Johnson had postponed the sentencing from its original date of Jan. 17 to fully review the case and determine whether he should be sent to prison or not.
After weighing testimony from defense experts, he concluded that Frank should be sent to prison.
Frank’s actions on the day of the murder, “intentionally running down Mr. and Mrs. Altimari with his car, striking his father 43 times with an ax, belies the contention that he was delusional at the time of the murder,” he said.
source: people.com
