Billy;
That marvelous turkey lives in the same news coverage as I do..about 40 miles from me. She was seperated from him and when she went back to the station they co-owned, the beast hid in a dark corner of a hall way and attacked her from behind, knocking her to the floor..then he worked so hard and so viciously that he sliced the floor tiles up as he cut her head completely off..and according to a LEO from that jurisdiction, he played soccer with her head.
They had both been married before and both had children....all the kids testified against him. The judge was no judge Ito (of OJ fame), he is known as a no-nonsense judge. Unfortunately, we live in a blue/blue state and first degree murder can only be charged against one who has murdered a politician, a cop or corrections officer...so you can see what the liberal controlled lawmakers think of the "great unwashed"..their lives aren't worth much.
So, the charge for this proven pre-meditated, brutal, uncivilized murder..was for second degree only... but the judge gave him the maximum he could.