Sentencing date set for teen found guilty in Mercer Co. murder

MERCER COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) – A man convicted of murdering a Mercer County teenager is scheduled to be sentenced next month.

A jury found Trenton Easterling guilty on Thursday for the murder of 17-year-old Tristan Cole.

Cole’s body was found April 12, 2016 in a barn on Deep Creek Road.

He was shot to death.

Easterling was 17-years-old at the time of the murder but was tried as an adult.

The jury recommended a 30-year sentence.

Easterling will be formally sentenced on March 13.