Sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in killing brother’s girlfriend in Fort Worth

A 40-year-old man was sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to the 2017 murder of his brother’s girlfriend, the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

Jondarick Antonio Holmes was sentenced Friday for his role The murder of Angela Gagne.

His brother, Qi’juan Tiakei, was Holmes Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole in 2022 after a jury convicted him of murder.

Gagne, 41, a mother of five, died in June 2017, six days after calling 911 to report that Q’Juan Holmes was beating her.

On June 10, 2017, Q’Juan Holmes and his brother were at Gagan’s Fort Worth duplex, according to the district attorney’s office.

Prosecutors said Q’Juan Holmes was arguing with Gagon when she dragged him into a spare bedroom because his brother, Jondarick Holmes, had stolen the home’s TV and personal belongings. Qi’Juan Holmes beat him He was shot four times in the head, authorities said.

Two days after the murder, the police found his body naked, beaten and shot, lying in a bloody state. Q’Juan Holmes, who lived with Gagon, had already left the state on a bus to Florida after the shooting. The police there arrested him and extradited him to Texas.

Assistant Criminal District Attorneys Marcus Hanna and Colin Ashworth handled the case. Investigator Zach Long and Victim Assistance Coordinator Cecilia Jones also worked on the case.