Associated Press - September 21, 2009 6:45 PM ET
UNION, S.C. (AP) - A man has been sentenced to life in prison after admitting he killed his 16-year-old girlfriend to prove to his wife he still loved her.
WYFF-TV reported that 21-year-old Pernell Thompson pleaded guilty Monday to murder to avoid a possible death sentence.
Prosecutors say Thompson stabbed Union High cheerleader Marisha Jeter to death in January 2008 while his wife held the teen down in a parking lot. Yolanda Thompson pleaded guilty to murder in March. She had agreed to testify against her husband and has not been sentenced.
Pernell Thompson was a football player at Wingate University when he was arrested.
He apologized to Jeter's family, but said he knows she is in heaven and has forgiven him.
Jeter's father told Thompson he will go straight to hell.
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