SOUTHAMPTON CO., Va. — A man has been sentenced to life after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in the death of a missing Southampton County mother, whose body was found in 2019.
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James Goodwyn Jr., of Virginia Beach, was sentenced to life on Tuesday, online records show—nearly three months after a Southampton County jury reached a guilty verdict.
The sentencing comes over six years after Cynthia Carver's body was found back in March of 2019. The mother of two was reported missing a month before a citizen discovered her body in Suffolk, per News 3's previous reporting.
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Months later in June of 2019, Goodwyn Jr. was arrested by Southampton County detectives.
James Ellenson, an attorney representing Goodwyn Jr., tells News 3 they plan on appealing and his client still asserts his innocence.
