Man sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder
28-year-old Phillip Anthony Osife was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John J.Tuchi to 25 years in prison on Friday, April 6.
Osife had previously plead guilty to second-degree murder.
On March 23, 2017, Osife shot one victim twice in the face and then shot a second victim in the neck, killing them both. Osife took one of the victim’s car and left the victims near a canal bank.
A passing motorist found the victims two days later and then called the police.
The investigation in this case was conducted by the Gila River Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The prosecution was handled by Raynette Logan and Todd Allison, Assistants U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Phoenix.
