Teen sentenced 25 years to life for killing mother

A 19-year-old Huntington Beach woman who, with her boyfriend’s help, stabbed her mother to death and then dumped the body in Newport Harbor two years ago was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Friday.

Rachael Scarlett Mullenix was convicted July 17 of one felony count of murder in connection with the slaying of her mother, Barbara Mullenix, Sept. 13, 2006. Rachael Mullenix’s boyfriend at the time, Ian Westleigh Allen, 23, Huntington Beach, was also convicted of a single felony count of murder Sept. 18. He also faces a maximum 25 years to life in prison when he is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 14.

More details to come.