Brandon Tenorio was sentenced in Las Vegas for killing his girlfriend, Kourtney Glover, in December 2023. Law&Crime, citing court records, reported that Tenorio pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
What police said happened
Arrest-report accounts published by News 3 Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Review-Journal said a family member at the Mountain Valley Drive home heard a noise and saw Tenorio attacking Glover with a hammer. The accounts said he initially prevented the woman from leaving, but she later reached a neighbor’s home and called 911.
Police found Glover dead inside the house. News 3 Las Vegas reported that the coroner attributed her death to sharp-force injuries and listed blunt-force injuries as another significant condition.
Statements described in the arrest report
According to accounts based on the arrest report, Tenorio told detectives that he believed people were trying to harm him and that he heard voices. He also reportedly believed Glover was signaling to a vehicle outside before attacking her, according to 8 News Now and the Review-Journal. The accounts describe statements recorded by police, not independent findings about the motive.
Unresolved details in published accounts
Published accounts do not agree on every final-case detail. The Review-Journal’s later sentencing account said Tenorio pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was ordered to serve 20 years to life, while Yahoo News reported that he was found guilty at trial and would serve 20 years. Initial coverage identified him as 39, while later sentencing coverage identified him as 42. The available material does not include a direct court record resolving those differences.
How Nevada law frames the sentence
Under Nevada Revised Statutes NRS 200.030, a first-degree murder conviction can carry life without parole, life with parole eligibility after a minimum of 20 years, or a 50-year term with parole eligibility after a minimum of 20 years. The reported 20-years-to-life sentence falls within that statutory framework.
Nevada’s prevention context
A September 2022 report from the Nevada Office of the Attorney General’s Domestic Violence Fatality Review Subcommittee said such reviews examine the circumstances leading to a domestic-violence-related fatality to identify opportunities for intervention and develop recommendations to prevent future deaths.
