Saturday, October 31, 2009

Santa Cruz, CA: Santa Cruz man sentenced in wife's murder

Friday, October 30, 2009
(10-30) 19:24 PDT Santa Cruz, Calif. (AP) --

A Santa Cruz man who claimed he lost his memory around the time his wife was murdered has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for her death.

Forty-four-year-old Marshall Doud maintained before his sentencing Friday that he could not remember what happened when his wife died. But he added he was sorry for whatever he may have done and always loved her.

A jury this summer convicted Doud of first-degree murder in the suffocation death of his wife, 42-year-old Morgana, in September 2007.

Two of the couple's children testified that they awoke to the sound of their mother screaming and were told by their father that she had experienced a nightmare and everything was OK.

Doud's attorney says he plans to appeal the case.

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