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Two teenagers, Amaya Medrano and Annika Aleman, received lengthy prison sentences after taking plea deals for the murder of Ahmad Alkhalaf during a Facebook Marketplace transaction in November 2024.

The murder involved a staged robbery over an iPhone and resulted in Medrano receiving 55 years and Aleman receiving 37 years.

Aleman's grandmother, Sheila Dena, publicly apologized to the victim's family, citing her own family's experience with a similar tragedy decades ago.

DALLAS - The grandmother of a teenager involved in a murder during a Facebook Marketplace meetup is apologizing to the victim’s family.

The murder happened this past November in Dallas. The two teenage suspects accepted plea bargains and will now serve lengthy sentences.

Dallas Facebook Marketplace Murder

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