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Columbus Man Gets 60 Years For Killing Wife

Last updated on Thursday, February 5, 2009

(COLUMBUS) - A Columbus man will spend 60 years in prison for shooting to death his wife while she slept in their bed.

46-year-old Robert Richards pleaded guilty in January to murdering his wife, Nancy Richards.

He was sentenced yesterday in Bartholomew Circuit Court.

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