VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — James King is serving two life sentences in jail for the sexual assault and murder of Lexie Walters back in 2020.

10 On Your Side spoke with Walters' sister, Marie Jones, who said King would go to bars where Walters bartended. They became acquaintances, and he would occasionally drive her to and from work.

On the night of Sept. 17 2020, Walters and King went out drinking together. He bought her more than a dozen drinks, according to court documents, later bringing her to a Virginia Beach Days Inn. The next day, King turned himself into police, saying he killed someone. Police found her body in the hotel.

Jones said she was close to her sister.

"She would do anything for her family, anything for her friends, she loved to work, she loved to hang out, pool par

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