 He was convicted of the Christgen homicide in October 1983, and drew a term of life imprisonment with no parole for at least 50 years.Facing his second Missouri conviction a year later for the murder of Michelle Steele, Hatcher requested a death sentence, but the jury refused, recommending life on December 3, 1984.Four days later, Hatcher hanged himself in his cell, at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City.