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Aug 28, 2008 7:06 am US/Central

Keller Man Sentenced 40 Years For Killing Wife

FORT WORTH (AP) ― A Keller man who initially told police his wife was abducted last year has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing her.

Richard Sandlin entered the plea earlier this week in the murder of Donna Sandlin. She was strangled with a shoestring and her body dumped in woods northwest of Waco in March 2007.

Defense attorney Walt Cleveland said Sandlin had initially wanted to go to trial in hopes that a jury would impose a lighter sentence.

"It was never a matter of Mr. Sandlin not accepting responsibility for what he'd done," Cleveland said. "Technically, he was eligible for probation. He's never even had a traffic ticket. Under the circumstances, what did he have to lose by rolling the dice?"

Cleveland said Sandlin decided to plead guilty because he didn't want to put his children and family through a trial.

Prosecutor Alana Minton said she is satisfied with the sentence.

"The family was very happy," Minton said. "At his age, this is essentially a life sentence."

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