A man who beat his 15-year-old girlfriend to death with a shovel when he was a teen will get his first parole hearing in October 2034.
The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole set the hearing date for Darwin "Christopher" Bagshaw, who is serving a term of 15 years to life for killing Anne Kasprzak.
Including the time he was in custody before he pleaded guilty to first-degree felony murder and was sentenced in April, Bagshaw, now 19, will spend a minimum of two decades behind bars for his crime.
Bagshaw, then 14, killed Kasprzak on March 10, 2012, after she told him she was pregnant and that they needed to run away together, according to prosecutors. Bagshaw reacted by hitting the girl multiple times with a shovel that he found near the Jordan River.
Kasprzak's beaten body was pulled from the river in Draper the next day. An autopsy found she had suffered multiple blunt force injuries to her head, leaving her skull fractured and her forehead shattered.
The girl had been telling friends and family she was pregnant with Bagshaw's baby. However, during a court hearing, her stepfather testified that she wasn't pregnant.
Bagshaw was charged in October 2014 and arrested at a residence in Colorado where he was living with family. The charges were originally filed in juvenile court, but a judge later certified Bagshaw as an adult.
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15-year-old Anne Grace Kasprzak of Riverton was found dead Sunday in the Jordan River. Her death is being treated as a homicide. Courtesy Facebook
15-year-old Anne Grace Kasprzak of Riverton was found dead Sunday in the Jordan River. Her death is being treated as a homicide. Courtesy Facebook
Courtesy | Salt Lake County Jail Darwin Bagshaw, 18, is accused in the death of Anne Kasprzak.
Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Darwin Christopher Bagshaw, now 18, attends a disposition hearing before 3rd District Judge James Blanch in Salt Lake City Friday July 31 with his defense lawyer Christopher Bown. A jury trial date was set for the end of the year. The teen is accused of killing his 15-year-old girlfriend, Anne Kasprzak, in March 2012, when he was 14. Bagshaw was originally charged as a juvenile, but a juvenile court judge in April transferred it to adult court.
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