Egler was sentenced to 50 years for the murders of Kelley McCollom and Matthew Szejnrok.

A sentence after a guilty plea is the court's judgment on the admitted counts. It is not a new accusation. Julia Egler, 18, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and was sentenced to 50 years in Florida state prison for the 2024 Palm Bay killings of Kelley McCollom and Matthew Szejnrok. Under the deal she must serve at least 25 years before a youth sentence review can be considered.

At a Sept. 25, 2026 hearing in Viera, Julia G. Egler, 18, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder for the July 7, 2024 deaths of her mother, Kelley McCollom, 38, and Matthew Szejnrok, 22, at a Palm Bay home on Benchor Road SE. Circuit Judge Michelle Naberhaus imposed a 50-year state prison sentence as part of a negotiated agreement approved by survivors. The agreement includes a mandatory minimum of 25 years, then eligibility for a youth sentence review under state law. After prison, it calls for a mental health evaluation and 20 years of supervised probation. A sentence after a guilty plea is the court's judgment on the admitted counts. It is not a new accusation.

She was 16 at the time of the killings and was prosecuted as an adult after a grand jury indictment on two counts of first-degree premeditated murder. Those counts were later resolved by the plea to second-degree murder. She called 911 claiming an unknown intruder. Police and prosecutors said the evidence contradicted that account, and she later confessed to staging a break-in. The state attorney's release said she apologized and asked for mercy, and that she was sorry and haunted by grief. Szejnrok's brother said there is not a sentence that will bring his brother back. Those statements are what the release attributed. They do not change the judgment Judge Naberhaus entered.