Friday, June 24, 2011

Chicago Ridge, IL: Chicago Ridge man gets longer prison term in wife’s murder

A Chicago Ridge man convicted of slaying his wife, then stashing her body in a closet, was resentenced Thursday to more prison time on the order of the state appellate court.

Peter Golesteanu, now 33, fatally stabbed his wife, Anna Marchon, in their home in the 11100 block of South Ridgeland Avenue in April 2005, less than two months after their wedding on Valentine’s Day 2005.

Judge Jack Hynes convicted him of murder and concealing a homicide after a trial in early 2009 in Cook County Circuit Court in Bridgeview.

Hynes sentenced Golesteanu to 35 years in prison for the murder, plus three years for the concealment. The original sentence was to be served concurrently, meaning each day in prison counted toward both sentences.

But the appellate court ruled earlier this month that the sentence should be consecutive, for a total of 38 years in prison.

Evidence at trial showed Golesteanu killed Marchon after she called him a “piece of s--- alcoholic” and vowed to leave him.

After hiding her body in a closet, Golesteanu went on a two-day cocaine and alcohol binge, watching a Bulls game and eating pizza with his brother, repeatedly going back to sit by his wife’s dead body and touch her dead foot. He later confessed to his parents and police.

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