Brookfield man faces life for murder

CAMBRIDGE, Wis. -- A suburban Cook County man convicted of killing a real estate agent as she showed him a house last year is due to be sentenced Monday.

Thirty-five-year-old James Hole of Brookfield faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Jefferson County Circuit Judge Jacqueline Erwin will decide when, if ever, Hole would be eligible for release on extended supervision.

Hole pleaded no contest in November to first-degree intentional homicide. In return prosecutors dropped one arson and two burglary charges.

Investigators say Hole killed 71-year-old Ann Nelson of Cambridge last March. The criminal complaint says he admitted strangling Nelson, beating her with a fireplace poker, taking valuables from her purse and starting a fire in the house.