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Mark Tinney, center, the father of Sophie Tinney, sits with loved ones at the sentencing hearing for Lars Nelson, not pictured, on Thursday, June 4, 2026, at Pierce County Superior Court in Tacoma, Wash. Nelson pleaded guilty in April to second-degree murder for fatally shooting 27-year-old Sophie Tinney on April 20, 2025 in a Fox Island home.