A Hendersonville resident will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being found guilty in a double homicide investigation that began in 2022.
A release from the Buncombe County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday that after a week-long trial, Godiet Corral, 33, of Hendersonville, was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder by a Buncombe County jury.
Corral was sentenced by visiting Superior Court Judge Karen Eady-Williams to serve two consecutive terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Corral was charged in connection with the deaths of Sandy Torrey and Bryan Khopkar, who were found shot to death in a vehicle at the Shell gas station on Mills Gap Road in Fletcher on Dec. 19, 2022.
He was found close to the crime scene and taken into custody that afternoon.
Cody Dockins is also facing two counts of murder in connection with the deaths. He was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service, North Carolina State Highway Patrol and Rutherford County Sheriff's Office at a residence in Rutherford County two days later. Dockins' trial date has not been set.
"Because a related case is currently pending trial, the District Attorney’s Office will make no additional public comment at this time," the DA's release said on Tuesday.
STORY & PHOTO COURTESY OF ABC 13 WLOSHendersonville man found guilty following double murder trial for 2022 Fletcher killings (wlos.com)
