BRENTWOOD, N.H. -- A New Hampshire man was
sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison Friday for beating his wife to
death with a flashlight after he came home to find she had strangled
their 4-year-old son with a ribbon and tried to kill their 7-year-old
daughter.
Christopher Smeltzer, 38, pleaded guilty to
killing Mara Pappalardo, who was hospitalized several times for mental
illness. Prosecutors say she was paranoid, obsessed with death and
convinced her husband and mother-in-law were plotting to take her
children away. More Read
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