Posted: Jun. 7, 2018 3:45 pm

NEW LONDON, Mo. -- A Las Vegas man will spend the rest of his life in prison after admitting he shot his elderly father twice with a crossbow in 2015 before placing his body in a freezer in an vacant house in Hannibal.

Carl S. Goldberg, 32, was sentenced to life in prison by Judge David Mobley on Thursday in Ralls County Circuit Court.

He pleaded guilty Feb. 28 to one count of second-degree murder in connection with the February 2015 death of 84-year-old Carl Maxwell. Goldberg placed the body in a freezer, which was found by an employee with On-Time Inspection and Repair on Oct. 6, 2015.SClB"We presented crime scene photos, autopsy photos and the actual crossbow so the court could have a complete picture of the graphic nature of this crime," said Marion County Prosecuting Attorney David Clayton. "We requested the maximum sentence of life imprisonment and the court agreed."

Goldberg was arrested Oct. 14, 2015, by the U.S. Marshals Service in Las Vegas. In an interview with Hannibal police, Goldberg reportedly admitted to shooting his father twice with a crossbow and hiding the body in the freezer before leaving for Las Vegas.

He reportedly told investigators that he and his father got into an argument on an undisclosed date and that he snapped and shot him twice with the crossbow.

Police said Maxwell had twice reported fraud against Goldberg -- first in February 2011 and again in August 2014.

Goldberg has been held in the Marion County Jail since his arrest. Clayton said he should be transferred to prison this week.