Covelo Man to be Sentenced Next Week for Murder

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A man from Covelo will be sentenced this month for fatally shooting the 35-year-old mother of his child while she was on the phone with 911 in March. 43-year-old Johnathan Draughan pleaded guilty on June 21st to killing Brandy Kay Mathieson at her Covelo home, according to Mendocino County Superior Court records. He was convicted of one count of second-degree murder and will be sentenced July 19 by Mendocino County Judge Patrick Pekin.