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A U.S. Navy veteran, whom prosecutors said killed his estranged wife and hid her body in a freezer for nearly two years before dumping it into San Diego Bay, was sentenced Friday to 16 years to life in prison.
Former Navy sailor who hid wife’s body in freezer sentenced for her killing The Associated Press (Getty Images) SAN DIEGO A former U.S. Navy man whom prosecutors said killed his estranged wife and hid her body in a freezer for nearly two years before dumping it into San Diego Bay was sentenced Friday to 16 years to life in prison. Matthew Sullivan, 36, was sentenced in a San Diego courtroom for second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Elizabeth Sullivan. His 32-year-old wife vanished mysteriously in October 2014 from the San Diego home she shared with Sullivan and their two daughters.
Matthew Sullivan was stationed in San Diego when his 32-year-old wife vanished mysteriously in October 2014. In October 2016, her decomposing body was found floating in the San Diego bay.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A former Navy man convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife, whose body was found in San Diego Bay nearly two years after she vanished, was sentenced Friday to 16 years to life in state prison.
Matthew Scott Sullivan, 36, was convicted by a San Diego jury last year of second-degree murder in the death of his 32-year-old wife, Elizabeth, who vanished on the evening of Oct. 13, 2014.
Prosecutors say Sullivan killed his wife at the couple’s Liberty Station home, then hid her body inside a freezer for nearly two years before dumping it in the water on the day he was set to move out of San Diego.