Illinois Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting Girlfriend, Writing Suicide Note for Her

A 19-year-old Illinois man pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend in 2024 and staging the murder to look like a suicide. As part of the plea deal, Nathaniel N. Archuleta was sentenced to 45 years in prison without the possibility of parole, the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office said. Archuleta pleaded guilty to first degree …