John Wilson sentenced to 160 years in prison for O'Laughlin murder

BRIDGEVIEW – John L. Wilson Jr. was sentenced to 160 years in prison – the maximum sentence – in Judge John Hynes' Cook County courtroom Friday.

Wilson was deemed guilty by a jury Sept. 15 for the brutal murder of 14-year-old Kelli O'Laughlin, who came home from school while Wilson was burglarizing her Indian Park home in October 2011. Wilson repeatedly stabbed the girl with a kitchen knife and left her for dead. Her mother, Brenda O'Laughlin, found the girl when she returned home from work. He was charged with her murder Nov. 3, 2011.

Wilson was sentenced to 100 years for murder, 30 years for armed robbery and 30 years for home invasion, according to media reports.

He pretended to be asleep during the final testimony of the day by Brenda O'Laughlin, according to media reports. At one point, when the judge asked him a question, he said he didn't know who the judge was, or where he was, or why he was there.