ORANGE COUNTY, Texas — The 23-year-old man was sentenced by a jury Friday to 58 years in prison after being found guilty for the murder of his roommate.
Samed Rafiq, 23, was accused of murdering Nathaniel Anderson, whose remains were found buried in a shallow grave in 2017.
Anderson was reported missing in June 2017.
The skeletal remains were located in October 2017 buried in an area off of MacArthur Drive in Pinehurst.
Kevin Van Horne, 32, was also arrested in the case and charged with evidence tampering according to 12News file stories. Van Horne is still behind bars according to Orange County Jail records.
The pair had been persons of interest in the case ever since Anderson was reported missing by his family in June 2017. The victim and two suspects were all roommates before Anderson's death.
Nathan Anderson's father, Mike Anderson, previously told 12News Van Horne and his son were friends. He said they knew Van Horne for about six years.