FAYETTEVILLE — A jury sentenced Mark Edward Chumley to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing and torturing a young woman in 2015.
Chumley, 49, was found guilty of accomplice to capital murder on Friday. Jurors decided Chumley helped kill Victoria Annabeth Davis, known as Tori, on Aug. 19, 2015, at her home in Fayetteville.
Death or life in prison without the possibility of parole were the options available under Arkansas' capital murder statute.
Police said Davis, 24, was held captive for hours and beaten by Chumley and four others. She died of blunt-force trauma but was also raped with a baseball bat and hooked up to a battery charger before she died, according to testimony.
The other defendants are John Christopher Davis, 30, who was Tori's husband; Christopher Treat, 32; his wife, Desire Amber Treat, 32; and Rebecca Lee Lloyd, 39.
Davis pleaded guilty earlier this year to being an accomplice to first-degree murder and was sentenced to 37 years in prison in exchange for his testimony against Chumley. The Treats have been offered plea deals for 35 years, according to prosecutors. Both testified Thursday against Chumley.