CHESAPEAKE — A Chesapeake man was sentenced Monday to 68 years in prison for breaking into his estranged wife’s home and fatally shooting her just days after she obtained a protective order against him. The term issued to Ben Wynkoop was well over the 28-year maximum that state sentencing guidelines had recommended. The guidelines suggest a sentencing range based on a defendant’s background .
The recent death of a young man who was electrocuted after jumping into Georgia s Lake Lanier prompted Chattanooga swimmer Karah Nazor Rivers to share that she had also experienced water electrocution in the Tennessee River but was lucky to tell the tale.
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