Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Killing 19-Year-Old on I-85

23-year-old Dinwiddie man sentenced to over 30 years for I-85 deadly shooting in 2023

DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- A 23-year-old man who shot and killed a Chesterfield County woman on Interstate 85 in Dinwiddie County nearly three years ago was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 23-year-old Zayah Elijah Phelps, of Dinwiddie, was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and malicious shooting at a vehicle, for th…

Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing 19-year-old on I-85

DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. A Dinwiddie man will serve 30 years in prison for the murder of 19-year-old T'miya Murphy on I-85 in 2023.Zayah Elijah Phelps, 23, was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years of incarceration after pleading guilty to first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and malicious shooting at a vehicle in connection with the homicide of Tmiya Murphy on August 1, 2023, on I-85 southbound near the 63-mile marker in …