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Craft was sentenced to 36½ years for the first-degree murder of landlord Daniel Lytton.
David Craft, 41, of Everett, Washington, was sentenced Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Snohomish County Superior Court to 36½ years after a jury convicted him of premeditated first-degree murder with a deadly weapon in the Nov. 2025 killing of his landlord, Daniel Lytton, 71.
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A sentence after a jury conviction is the court’s judgment on the counts that supported the term. It is not a new accusation. Judge Richard Okrent imposed a high-end standard sentence of 36½ years on the most severe count — premeditated first-degree murder with a deadly weapon — after Craft’s Aug. 25, 2026, convictions on that count and related murder charges.
Prosecutors said Craft killed Lytton on Nov. 5, 2025, after asking him to fix a toilet at a north Everett rental, then wrapped the body and moved it by handcart to a downtown Everett alley where it was found Nov. 6. Trial evidence described by The Herald said Lytton was stabbed in the neck and strangled with a belt.
Craft maintained his innocence at sentencing and asked for mercy; his lawyers sought a low-end 26-year term and argued other leads were under-investigated. Prosecutors pointed to misdirection of police and the disposal of Lytton’s body. Craft has prior convictions for residential burglary, attempted burglary, and money laundering, according to court records cited in coverage.
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