A self-professed serial killer who called himself the “Michael Meyers” of Tennessee was just given 159 years for three slayings — on top of his 102-year sentence for killing his pregnant girlfriend and her unborn child, authorities said.
Joshua Dotson, 24, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon after the new killings, according to Shelby County Prosecutors.
Dotson shot and killed Reginald Anderson and Renita Bennett near a Memphis park in May 2020, WREG reported.
He also fatally shot Divieon Parker, 18, in a store parking lot in November 2019, according to the Memphis Police Department.
The new convictions come less than a year after Dotson was convicted of the June 2020 killing of his then-girlfriend Jamesha Covson, 19, and her unborn child — for which he was given two 51-year sentences.
Dotson shot through Covson’s door and then gunned her down while she was several months pregnant, according to investigators.
He allegedly killed his young lover because she knew about his previous murders, prosecutors said during the murder trial, according to Action News 5.
During the trial, Dotson represented himself and delivered a shocking defense in court.
In testimony, Dotson referred to himself as a “serial killer” and likened himself to Michael Meyers, the fictional slayer from the “Halloween” films, Action News 5 reported.
With the new sentencing, the self-professed serial killer will spend the rest of his life behind bars. The sentences for all five killings — including that of Covson’s unborn baby — total a whopping 261 years.
“While no amount of time in prison will bring the victims back to their loved ones, we are content that he will never be a threat to our community again,” lead prosecutor Regina Lucreziano said, according to WREG.
