Judge adds more time to man's life sentence in 2021 killing of Desheena Kyle
John Bassett hid Kyle's body in a large toolbox under a relative's home off Sam Tillery Road and told no one about it.
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John Bassett hid Kyle's body in a large toolbox under a relative's home off Sam Tillery Road and told no one about it.
A Knox County jury on Wednesday afternoon decided John Bassett should spend all of his remaining days behind bars, with no chance at parole.
John Bassett's trial began last week. He's accused of first-degree murder.
Desheena Kyle had been missing for months before her body was found in an abandoned Knoxville house and her ex-boyfriend was arrested in her murder.
John Bassett and Desheena Kyle had a stormy relationship that ended with her death in June 2021.