Man Who Killed and Hid Wife s Body in Freezer Sentenced to 16 Years to Life
Mar 16, 2021 10:25 PM
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Former Navy sailor Matthew Sullivan was recently sentenced to 16 years in prison for killing his wife and storing her body in the freezer for two years. What s more, Sullivan told the couple s children that their mother abandoned them.
According to prosecutors, Matthew Sullivan stabbed his wife, Elizabeth, in October 2014 while their children were in the next room. Despite the defense team s attempt to paint Elizabeth as a drug-abusing, irresponsible parent, it wasn t enough to sway the jury.
When Superior Court Judge Albert Harutunian III handed down Sullivan s sentence, he didn t mince words. The jury verdict and the evidence at trial made it clear that Matthew Sullivan brutally murdered his wife, methodically cleaned up the messy murder site, and then hid the body for years, said Harutunian III. He almost got away with it, but his final attempt
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