45 years in prison for the murderer of journalist and poet Schultz Laurent Junior

Scott Matthew Hilton, 49, was sentenced to 45 years in prison without the possibility of parole by the court in the state of Pennsylvania for the murder of Schultz Laurent Junior, 51, on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The assassin stabbed the victim on Wadsworth Avenue, in the Cedarbrook neighborhood, in East Mount Airy, Philadelphia, on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.

"He broke down in tears when the sentence was pronounced," a family member told Le Nouvelliste. Schultz Laurent Junior was a teacher, journalist, poet, former contributor to Le