Posted: Sep 15, 2011 3:47 PM EDT
Updated: Sep 15, 2011 3:47 PM EDT
By Live 5 News Web Staff - email
RIDGELAND, (WCSC) - A 22-year-old Ridgeland woman was sentenced to 23 years in prison Wednesday for the fatal New Year's Eve stabbing of her boyfriend.
After a two-day trial, Tara Marie Weber was found guilty of one count of voluntary manslaughter for killing 24-year-old Kyle Mitchell Way during an argument at the couple's Lowther Lane home.
During the argument, investigators say Weber picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed Way one time in the upper chest. He died en route to the hospital.
There was a history of domestic violence between the two.
"This was a sad case that illustrates the escalating nature of domestic violence," said assistant solicitor Robbie Ferguson, prosecutor of the case. "If victims don't leave volatile relationships, bad things can -- and more often than not -- will happen. In this case, a young man who had shown some promise is dead, a young woman will spend much of her life in prison and two children are without parents."
A compilation of daily news articles from around the United States about deaths (including both people and animals) that appear to occur in the context of a past or present intimate relationship, focusing on 2009-present. (NOTE: this blog is limited to incidents that appear in the media and are captured by our search terms. We recognize this is not an exhaustive portrayal of all deaths resulting from intimate violence.) When is society going to realize intimate violence makes victims of us all?
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