MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — A man has learned how long he will spend in prison for shooting and killing a teen boy at a Mesa apartment complex three years ago.

Joe Rim was sentenced to 15 years in prison, with credit for time served, for the 2022 murder of 18-year-old Stephen Benito Jacobo. Rim was credited nearly two years for time served as part of a plea agreement.

Multiple family members gave emotional testimonies during Friday’s court hearing, including Jacobo’s parents, Mark Jacobo and Alma Antolin.

“I will never feel his arms around me or hear him say, ‘I love you, mom.’ I’m not sure if you’re a mother, but can you imagine how that makes me feel? Do you know what it’s like to hold onto memories because that’s all you have left?” Antolin said to Judge Monica Edelstein.

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