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Murder case against Brandy Stutzman, facing death penalty, goes to jury

Brandy Stutzman helped ditch the killer’s bloody clothes, sent text messages to her husband, knowing he was dead, then feigned surprise when she found his body in his northern valley home, prosecutors said during closing arguments Friday.

 
Killer testifies that woman wanted her husband dead

Jeremiah Merriweather, who has confessed to the Nov. 2010 killing of 32-year-old Joe Stutzman, testified as a key prosecution witness Wednesday in Brandy Stutzman’s death penalty trial. Should a jury find her guilty and decide on capital punishment, Stutzman would be the only woman on death row in Nevada.

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Man pleads guilty, avoids death penalty in slaying of girlfriend

A man who had been facing the death penalty for killing his girlfriend and engaging in an hours-long standoff with police pleaded guilty Wednesday as a jury was being selected for his trial.