FULTON, Mo. (AP) - A central Missouri woman is sentenced to life in prison without parole in the shooting death of her husband, a former Jefferson City police officer.
Sandra Plunkett was sentenced Monday in Callaway County Court for the January 2011 death of 52-year-old Paul Plunkett at their home in Holts Summit.
The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/1dUaGVr ) that after the sentencing, Plunkett’s attorney filed an appeal.
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Prosecutors say Plunkett shot her husband while he was in bed. She originally told officers she saw a man leaving the area with a rifle, but later confessed to the murder.
She claimed during her trial that she shot her husband in self-defense after suffering years of abuse.
Prosecutors argued that Plunkett shot her husband to collect a life insurance policy to support her heroin addiction.
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Information from: Jefferson City News Tribune, https://www.newstribune.com
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