The affidavit shows detectives found blood in several places including on clothing, a plastic bag and an electrical cord.
SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio man will spend the next 99 years in prison after being found guilty of fatally strangling his neighbor at a Stone Oak apartment complex in 2022.
On Aug. 8, 2025, a Bexar County jury sentenced Malik Pryor to 99 years in prison after finding him guilty of what was described as the “brutal strangulation of his neighbor, Jarrod Papen,” in 2022.
At about 1:30 p.m. on May 14th, 2022, police say Papen left his apartment when he encountered Pryor. Police believe a confrontation ensued, and Pryor forced Papen into his apartment.
Pryor used an object, likely a pistol, to strike Papen in the head, the document says. He then used an electrical cord to strangle Papen to death.
Pryor’s girlfriend told police she entered the apartment that evening and noticed Papen on the living room floor with his back against the sofa. The woman said Papen looked like he was passed out. When she asked Pryor why he was there, she told investigators he responded, “I don’t know, he just walked in.”
The woman said she didn’t want to start an argument, so she didn’t push further. She told police they left the apartment together.
But the next day, she returned. And when she saw Papen in the same position 24 hours later she realized he was dead, the document states.
The woman called police.
The affidavit shows detectives found blood in several places including on clothing, a plastic bag and an electrical cord.
But investigators believed Pryor made an attempt to clean up the crime scene.