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EVANSVILLE, Ind. An Evansville woman was sentenced to five years in prison Friday afternoon in connection with her husband s death by stabbing in 2019.
Judge Robert J. Pigman of Vanderburgh County Superior Court ordered Wendy Payne, 53, to serve five years with the Indiana Department of Corrections with credit for time served in the Vanderburgh County Jail, where she has been held without bond since her arrest in July 2019.
Payne was found guilty of reckless homicide in the stabbing death of Edward Payne, 60, after a jury trial in March. Payne faced a murder charge for his death; the jury found her guilty on the lesser charge of reckless homicide.
(Source: Storyblocks) By Jill Lyman | February 18, 2021 at 3:20 PM CST - Updated February 18 at 3:20 PM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - There is news about two judges in Vanderburgh County.
First, Governor Holcomb has appointed Thomas A. Massey to Vanderburgh County Superior Court.
He’ll take over for Judge Richard G. D’Amour who will retire in April.
Massey has been in private practice in Evansville since 1984. His focus has been family law and civil litigation.
A start date for his new position has not yet been announced.
Also, the Vanderburgh County Superior Court has reappointed Les C. Shively to the position of Chief Judge.