A French appeals court in Lyon sentenced Chilean citizen Nicolas Zepeda to life for the premeditated 2016 murder of his Japanese ex-girlfriend Narumi Kurosaki.The ruling concludes a legal battle over the disappearance of Kurosaki from her student dormitory in Besancon, despite her body never being recovered by investigators.Zepeda, who was extradited from
Chile in 2020 and denies the charges, plans to appeal the verdict to the highest court following evidence of his digital stalking.