Brooks Cleary learned his fate this week in the death of Hailey Johnson, inset. (Victim’s photo from her obituary; Courtroom screenshot from 11Alive/YouTube)

A Georgia man who prosecutors said sat on a shotgun covered under clothes and told first responders his girlfriend had a seizure when she had been shot in the head was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

Brooks Cleary, 22, learned his fate this week in the death of Hailey Johnson, 21, on Dec. 26, 2022. He was found guilty of concealing the death of another, making false statements, and two counts of interference with government property.

Questions remained over her manner of death after an autopsy deemed it undetermined.

“I guess there wasn’t enough evidence to prove that it wasn’t suicide but there wasn’t to prove that it was a homicide,” the victim’s mother, Barbara Johnson, told Atlanta ABC affiliate WSB-TV.