Cooper gets 29 years in Martin slaying

October 2, 2014 at 9:39a.m.

YOUNGSTOWN The second of two men who pleaded guilty to the Sept. 20, 2010, murder of real estate agent Vivian Martin was sentenced this morning in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Grant Cooper, was sentenced to 29 years in prison for the charges of manslaughter, kidnapping, aggravated robbery and aggravated arson for the death of the 67-year-old Martin.

Police said Cooper and co-defendant Robert Brooks, 29, lured Martin, a real estate agent, to a home on Nelson Avenue she was showing and robbed and killed her.

Brooks was sentenced to life in prison with no parole Wednesday for his role in the murder.