A Clark County Circuit Court judge has sentenced a woman to 31 years in prison for the death of her boyfriend.
Kayla Nelson was convicted of first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse for the July 2010 killing of Dominic Whitaker.
The Arkadelphia Daily Siftings Herald reports that Judge Robert McCallum cited his belief Friday that Nelson was in an abusive relationship when he sentenced her to 25 years for the murder charge and six years on the other count.
Authorities say Nelson shot Whitaker, burned his body and dumped it near her home.
Her attorney, Dana Reece, had requested the minimum 10-year sentence, but said the judge made a decision he thought was fair.
When asked if justice had been served, Whitaker's mother, Mary, said she believed so.
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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