'This is not justice:' Family of kidnapped, murdered 19-year-old outraged over expected plea deal

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PORT ORCHARD, Wash. - Family of 19-year-old Tyrone Sero, who was kidnapped and murdered in 2021, are outraged after the Kitsap County prosecutor notified them of an expected plea deal with two of the suspects that would only put them behind bars for seven years. 

Sero, of Port Orchard, was murdered when he got into an SUV for a marijuana deal. According to court documents, he was shot and killed almost instantly when he got in the car. Then, three suspects drove to an undeveloped property in Mason County, dumped his body and then burned it. 

One suspect, 19-year-old Eli Gregory, is expected to be sentenced on Friday. 

Sero's family told FOX 13 that prosecutors said they cut a plea deal with him that would put him in prison for seven years-- and Gregory has already been behind bars for two.

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