Morley woman sentenced for husband's murder

BENTON, Mo. -- A Morley, Mo., woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the shooting death of her 45-year-old husband.

Charity S. Carey, 28, of Morley, Mo., was taken to the Missouri Department of Corrections Thursday after being sentenced the day before by Circuit Judge Douglas Long.

Carey had pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder. On Oct. 24, 2000, Charity Carey had made a 911 call, telling officers that she had come home to her mobile home and found her husband, Michael Carey, lying in a pool of blood with a head injury.

Officers arrived to find the husband lying dead on the kitchen floor. Michael Carey had small caliber bullet wounds visible to the back of his head and in his chest.

The victim's wallet was on the floor next to him.

Officers also found signs of a struggle in the kitchen and living room, but there was no sign of anybody breaking in.

The state Attorney General's office prosecuted the case.