80-year-old woman sentenced after killing husband, claiming years of abuse
By Catherine Park
Lavetta Langdon of McCook, Nebraska, pleaded no contest on June 1 to manslaughter, according to court documents.
Lavetta claimed her husband, 79-year-old Larry Langdon, had been abusing her for 30 years before she murdered him during August of last year.
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Lavetta said she warned her husband she would kill him if he hit her again. She told police on the day her husband died, he hit her in the face.
She said she contemplated killing him for 30 minutes before entering his room and shooting him in the chest while he slept, according to court documents.
80-year-old woman sentenced after killing husband, claiming years of abuse
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80-Year-Old Woman Sentenced To Jail For Murdering Husband Of 60 Years
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An 80-year-old Nebraska woman was sentenced to eight to 10 years in prison with possibility of parole after four years
She was convicted for the murder of her 79-year-old husband in August last year
She claimed that the killing was an act of self-defense and that her husband had been abusing her for years
An 80-year-old woman from Red Willow County, Nebraska, has been sentenced to prison time for fatally shooting her husband nearly a year ago.
Lavetta Langdon was sentenced to eight to 10 years in prison in Red Willow County Court Monday over the murder of her husband, Larry Langdon, at the couple s McCook home in August 2020, KNOP reported.
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