Inside the night that led to Kat West s mysterious death
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Authorities who investigated the death of the 42-year-old stay-at-home mom retraced not only the night of her death, but also her online life. 48 Hours goes inside the case in The Mysterious Death of Kat West airing Saturday, April 10 at 10/9c on CBS.
In the early morning hours of January 13, 2018, stay-at-home mom Kathleen Kat Dawn West, was found dead from blunt force trauma to the head. Her partially nude body was discovered across the street from her Calera, Alabama home.
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2021/02/09 03:18 COLUMBIANA, Ala. (AP) A former campus police officer convicted of manslaughter in the death of his wife, an adult model who posted racy photos online, was sentenced to 16 years in prison Monday by a judge who said the man still hadn t taken responsibility for the death. William Jeffrey West, 47, will get credit for the three years he has spent in jail since his arrest in the death of Kathleen Dawn West, 42, news outlets reported. He faced a maximum 20 years in prison. Kat West was found dead in January 2018 along the street in front of the couple’s suburban home in Calera, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Birmingham. Jeff West killed her with a blow to the head from a liquor bottle, prosecutors contended, but the defense argued she died in an accidental fall after a night of heavy drinking.
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An Alabama man was sentenced to 16 years behind bars after being convicted of manslaughter in the 2018 death of his cam girl wife, whose partially clothed body was found outside the couple’s home.
Jeff West struck his wife, Kathleen Dawn West, in the head with a liquor bottle then left her body in the street, according to a statement from the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office announcing his sentence Monday.
“We’re pleased with the jury’s verdict and opportunity to bring justice for Ms. West and the citizens of Shelby County,” Assistant District Attorney Daniel McBrayer said.
Crime scene investigator, 42, is sentenced to 16 years in prison for beating camgirl wife to death with a bottle - after phone s health app proved he d taken 18 steps when he said he was fast asleep
William Jeffrey West, 47, was sentenced on Monday over the 2018 death of his 42-year-old wife Kathleen Dawn West
West will get credit for the three years he has spent in jail since his arrest
In November, Jeff West was convicted of reckless manslaughter
The former Birmingham-Southern College campus police officer was facing a maximum of 20 years in prison
Kathleen was found dead on the street outside the couple s home in 2018