A former U.S. Marine was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the death of a Maryland tourist who went missing in 2020..
The victim, 25-year-old Alexandra Morales, was visiting Key West, Florida, in May 2020 when she disappeared. Her body has never been found..
The former Marine, 25-year-old Adam Currey, was convicted of second-degree murder in November 2023. Prosecutors said Currey killed Morales after she rejected his advances..
According to prosecutors, Currey and Morales met at a bar in Key West and went back to his apartment. Morales later left the apartment and was seen on surveillance video walking alone. She was never seen again..
Currey initially told police that he had no contact with Morales after she left his apartment. However, investigators later found DNA evidence linking Currey to Morales’s death..
In a statement to the court, Morales’s mother said that her daughter was a .
