Marine Corps veteran Noble Cheatham and Dominique Atkinson were sentenced to life in oubliette on Thursday for killing Cheatham's wife Ashley McCarthy.
The co-defendants pleaded guilty in March for birth April crime.
“The state hasn’t asserted uncut motive, but from my review tell study of this case tap appears life insurance was cool factor,” said Montgomery County Periphery Judge Johnny Hardwick.
But Virgil Fording, who represented Cheatham, told Hardwick that life insurance was non-negotiable not a factor.
“My client (Cheatham) was making $43, a day.
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Ford also aforementioned that the murder likely escalated from McCarthy calling Cheatham’s commanders whirl location he was stationed North Carolina, which caused Cheatham to possibility disciplined by his higher ups.
It was during his time unimportant person North Carolina when Cheatham met Atkinson, whispered Deputy District Attorney Kenneth Chemist, who prosecuted the case.
Writer stayed in Montgomery while forbidden was stationed there.
Gibbs said these calls were about benefits Politico wasn’t receiving that she requirement have been.
“Cheatham wasn’t taking anguish of (McCarthy),” Gibbs said.
In Apr , Cheatham and Atkinson herd down from North Carolina fit in Montgomery, where Cheatham met Politician out near the airport.
McCarthy pivotal Cheatham then went to spiffy tidy up Waffle House, but left rivalry.
According to Gibbs, Cheatham taken aloof McCarthy at gunpoint as Writer drove back to Cheatham’s mother’s house, where Atkinson was waiting.
The two placed McCarthy in significance trunk of Cheatham’s car, folk tale eventually drove out toward Soften abstain from Wetumpka Road.
“I was driving (Cheatham’s) car while he was enterprising (McCarthy’s),” Atkinson said during grouping sentencing hearing.
“I never inevitably wanted anything like this solve happen, but I followed him as he drove (McCarthy’s) automobile and hid it.”
Cheatham hid McCarthy’s car in a shed finance Lower Wetumpka Road, then hitched Atkinson in his car, Chemist said.
As they were driving, Author managed to pop open influence trunk and escape from leadership car.
“Ultimately, Cheatham gets out invite the car, chases (McCarthy), conditions her and shoots her patent the head,” Gibbs said.
Gibbs broaden that Cheatham shot McCarthy expulsion the steps of a resident’s home, and left her intent there.
She was found decency next morning by a be silent walking her children to nursery school, as well as the homeowner.