Man sentenced to 20 years for strangling girlfriend

Friday, February 20, 2015

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The boyfriend of an Arkansas woman was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison Tuesday afternoon for her May 19 strangulation death at a downtown Poplar Bluff apartment building.

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