NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- A Morgantown man contracted to kill a Virginia Navy sailor was formally sentenced to death by United States District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith on Friday, Dec. 4 in Newport News, Va.

A federal jury convicted David Runyon, 38, of Morgantown of conspiracy to commit murder for hire, carjacking resulting in death and use of a firearm during a crime of violence resulting in death on July 17, 2009.

Jurors sentenced Runyon to death on August 27, 2009.

Runyon, Catherina Rose Voss, 34, of Newport News, and her boyfriend, Michael Anthony Eric Draven, 29, of Newport News, plotted to kill Cory Allen Voss in order to collect his life insurance money, according to court documents.

The couple met while Cory Voss was on a six-month deployment for the United States Navy in 2006, court records show, and they continued the affair even after the sailor returned.

Catherina Voss and Draven began plotting Cory Voss's murder in early 2007.

Cory Voss had a $400,000 life insurance policy plus a $100,000 death grautuity through the military.

Draven met Runyon, a former police officer and former member of the United States Army, at a medical research study in Baltimore, Md., evidence shows, and they talked about killing Cory Voss.

It was eventually decided that Catherina Voss and Draven would pay Runyon $20,000 to murder Cory Voss at the Oyster Point Branch of Langley Federal Credit Union.

Runyon got into Cory Voss's truck at the bank just after 11:00 on the night of April 29, 2007 and shot the sailor five times.

Those shots killed Voss.

A jury convicted Draven of his involvement in the plot on July 17, 2009, and he faces a mandatory life in prison sentence.

Draven was sentenced to life in prison on November 17, 2009.

Catherina Voss pleaded guilty to her part in the plan on November 14, 2009 and is serving life in prison.