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Man convicted for 2015 killing of woman at Sacramento hotel

April Fowler was found dead in a room at the Quality Inn on Northgate Boulevard back on April 8, 2015.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A jury convicted a Sacramento man for the killing of April Fowler in a North Sacramento hotel room back in 2015.

Fowler was found dead in a room at the Quality Inn on Northgate Boulevard back on April 8, 2015. When officers arrived, they said the suspect, Frederick Tatum, was still in the room.

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He was booked into jail that day for failing to register as a sex offender.

Tatum faces a maximum sentence of 80 years to life in prison, according to the district attorney’s office. His sentencing date is set for December 3, 2020.

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