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Former Police Officer Sentenced For Killing His Wife

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published August 9, 2012 at 9:23 AM EDT

A former Mentor Police officer and former Lake County Sheriff's deputy will serve 16 years in prison in the slaying of his wife - whose body was found wrapped in plastic inside a sleeping bag at their home last fall. 58-year-old Gary Stroud was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty last month to charges of beating and killing his 53-year-old wife, Diane. Stroud told the judge yesterday that at the time, he was recovering from a head injury due to a stroke. 
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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