YORK, Maine — On Wednesday in York County, 36-year-old Jeffrey Buchannan was sentenced for the murder of 35-year-old Rhonda Pattelena on Short Sands Beach in York back in March of 2021.

Jeffery Buchannan, who pleaded guilty to murder earlier this month, was handed a 40-year sentence for killing his girlfriend at the Maine beach. He told police he blacked out before the attack on Rhonda Pattelena, who was bludgeoned with a rock. He was arrested after police received multiple 911 calls that day.
Ahh blacked out an' sheeit.

Rhonda Pattelena was sending a Snapchat video to a friend while on the beach when she was first struck, prosecutors said. Some of the assault also was captured on a surveillance video from nearby businesses, according to police.

Police collected evidence from the scene including the rock, which was displayed to the judge in court on Wednesday.


Rhonda’s rights were taken by the defendant,” said her mother, Lauri Pattelena. “He shouldn’t have any either. Her ability to live, breathe, watch her boys and love them unconditionally were taken at the hands of an evil monster.”
If you had been a better parent, this wouldn't have happened.

Assistant Attorney General Lisa Bogue said police found a letter Pattelena had written Buchannan “full of her love for him, her want for a marriage with him, her want to build a life with him.”

“What makes her senseless tragic murder all the worse is that it was committed by someone she loved,” Bogue said. “It was committed by someone that she only wanted love from in return.”
oooooooooohhh monkey love. How romantic!

Prosecutors said their case against Buchannan was damning. They described surveillance footage, a Snapchat video and several witness accounts that proved Buchannan beat Pattelena with a rock on Short Sands Beach and attempted to hide her body before fleeing.
Nothing says love like beating someone to death, hiding their body and then fleeing!

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