California man sentenced for killing, dismembering fiancée and dumping remains near shoreline

ALAMEDA, Calif. (TCN) -- A 43-year-old man will spend 15 years to life in prison for the slaying of his fiancée, whose dismembered remains were discovered in a trash bag in 2023. The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office announced Joseph Roberts’ sentencing guidelines on July 2 after a jury convicted him in May of the second-degree murder of 27-year-old Rachel Elizabeth Imani Buckner. The defendant will also have to pay $19,818 in restitution. On July 20, 2023, the Alameda Police Department discovered Buckner’s remains in a bag along the shoreline near the Bay Farm Island B