Overview

• Judge Rachel Holt imposed a 394 years to life sentence after Kroe was convicted on 33 felony counts.
• Kroe held the 74-year-old victim captive in a Hyatt House room in Belmont from August 2020 until August 2022.
• Officers found the woman naked with a broken finger, multiple bruises and unable to move when they entered the hotel room.
• The victim’s clandestine call to a New Mexico friend prompted Belmont police to investigate and secure her release.
• Prosecutors described Kroe as a master manipulator who feigned medical emergencies to delay trial proceedings.