MUSKEGON, Mich. - Anthony Blamer will spend 43 years in prison for the August 2017 death of D'Anthony Keenan.
He was found guilty of second-degree murder in July following a three-day bench trial.
Prosecutors convinced the Muskegon County judge that Blamer shot Keenan multiple times at a Muskegon area car wash. Shortly after the shooting, Blamer was seen on security cameras at stores in Holton and near Fremont. One camera shows Blamer driving Keenan's white truck. Another shows Blamer buying a shovel, clothes and chain saw with cash Muskegon County Prosecutor D.J. Hilson says was taken from Keenan's pocket.
D'Anthony Keenan's mother reported her son missing to Muskegon Police on Aug. 4, 2017. The next day, police found Keenan's body without the head and hands along a two-track in the Manistee National Forest.
After Blamer was arrested he led police to locations where the missing body parts had been dumped.
Because investigators believe the dismemberment of Keenan's body took place in Newaygo County, a felony charge relating to that crime was not part of the trial in Muskegon County. The Newaygo Prosecutor will have to determine if that charge will go to trial, or be dropped given the long sentence imposed by the judge in Muskegon County.
During a the sentencing hearing Tuesday, Oct. 2, Sherrie Moore, mother of D'Anthony Keenan told the judge she had collected more than 2,600 signatures on a petition asking the judge to sentence Blamer to life in prison.
"Anthony Blamer is a low-down, evil, cold-blooded murder, and that ain't my opinion that's a fact," said Moore.
Blamer will be in his 70's before he's eligible to go in front of the Michigan parole board.
"Sometimes there isn't enough years, and this is a case that might fit into that category," said D.J. Hilson, Muskegon County Prosecutor.
"I think when you look at the totality of the circumstances and what happened afterward with the chainsaw and the dismemberment of Mr. Keenan, that bothers me, that bothers me a lot," said Hilson.
During the trial, evidence included a cell phone text conversation between Blamer and Keenan that indicated the two arranged to meet at the car wash for a transaction. The evidence did not indicate what the two men were there to buy or sell.
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