A Joplin man will spend the rest of his life in prison in connection to two separate kidnapping cases, one that left the victim dead. Monday, a federal judge sentenced Freddie Tilton,

Freddie Lewis Tilton was sentenced for a kidnapping that left someone dead and another where he conspired with a Rogers man.

A Joplin man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Monday for his role in two kidnappings, one that resulted in the torture and death of a victim while the second victim was rescued from a Neosho hotel room.