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| Subject: Illinois Woman Pleads Guilty to Fatally Stabbing Boyfriend in the Chest on New Year’s Eve Mon Aug 30, 2021 11:42 pm | |
| An Illinois woman who stabbed her boyfriend to death on New Year’s Eve in 2019 was sentenced to 15 years in prison after switching her plea from not guilty to guilty on Friday, local news outlet Herald & Review reported.
Appearing before Judge Brad T. Paisley in Christian County Circuit Court, 23-year-old Michaela L. Herpstreith, of Taylorville, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder in the death of her 40-year-old boyfriend Jason R. Bright.
Under Illinois state law, second-degree murder is a class one felony, and Judge Paisley handed down the maximum 15-year penalty for the offense. Herpstreith was also ordered to pay a fine of $1,000. The maximum penalty under state law is up to $25,000. The 605 days Herpstreith has already spent in Christian County Jail will be credited towards her total sentence.
According to reports, officers with the Taylorville Police Department found Bright laying on the deck of his home in the 1000 block of East Adams Street. Police said he was “bleeding heavily” from a stab wound to the chest and was lying in a pool of his own blood. Despite the massive blood loss, Bright was reportedly able to tell the responding officers that it was Herpstreith who stabbed him. Investigators said several witnesses later corroborated Bright’s story.
Paramedics with Emergency Medical Services arrived soon after and were able to keep Bright alive for a time, but he was later pronounced dead at Taylorville Memorial Hospital.
.https://lawandcrime.com/crime/illinois-woman-pleads-guilty-to-fatally-stabbing-boyfriend-in-the-chest-on-new-years-eve/
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