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flag Keonte Gathron sentenced to life without parole for 2019 beating death of 88-year-old San Francisco grandmother Yik Oi Huang.

flag Keonte Gathron, 25, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2019 fatal beating of 88-year-old Yik Oi Huang, a grandmother in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood. flag Judge Eric Fleming delayed the final sentencing for a presentence report. flag Gathron, who represented himself and denied guilt, was convicted on multiple charges including murder, carjacking, robbery, elder abuse, and child endangerment. flag Authorities said he targeted victims of Asian descent or those with limited English proficiency during a two-week crime spree. flag Huang, who died in January 2020 after being severely beaten and her home burglarized, was remembered by her family as a hardworking immigrant from China. flag The park where she was attacked was renamed in her honor. flag Gathron plans to appeal.

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