Texas Woman Convicted of Murder After Prosecutors Say She Killed Husband Then Staged a Home Invasion
A Texas woman was found guilty on Wednesday of first-degree murder in the 2012 stabbing and beating death of her husband, whom authorities believe she killed before tying herself up to make it look like a home invasion robbery, People confirms.Prosecutors said that on Thursday, Sandra Melgar, 57, was sentenced to 27 years in prison for murdering her husband, Jaime Melgar, in their Houston-area home on Dec.
22, 2012 — one day before the couple’s 32nd wedding anniversary.Sandra was found guilty of first-degree murder in Jaime’s death, following a three-week trial in which prosecutors argued that she killed her husband and staged »