North Carolina Man Sentenced to Over 80 Years for Murder of Family Members
Corey Alexander Cook received three consecutive prison terms totaling more than 80 years for the murders and arson.
2 reports on this incident · first at Sep 8, 2026, 8:17 p.m. ET
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North Carolina Man Sentenced to Over 80 Years for Murder of Family Members
Corey Alexander Cook was sentenced on September 8, 2026, to three consecutive prison terms of 300 to 372 months for three counts of second-degree murder, followed by 64 to 89 months for arson, according to whky.com. He also faced 17 counts of identity theft, as reported by whky.com.
The sentence was handed down in a case investigated by the Iredell County Sheriff's Office, the Iredell County Fire Marshal's Office, and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, according to whky.com. The event remains under development, and further details have not been released.
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