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appleannie1

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Fri Oct 8, 2021, 12:59 PM Oct 2021

There is something seriously wrong with out legal system

Murrysville man gets probation, house arrest in estranged wife's 2017 death


Elizabeth Arrington’s memories of Feb. 6, 2017, constantly replay in her mind.

Arrington had been trying to get in touch with her daughter but got no answer. Finally, she called her estranged son-in-law to come to her daughter’s Penn Hills home to let her in. Once he got there, he pushed the door open so Arrington could go in first.

Arrington found her oldest daughter’s body on the bedroom floor.

“I sat there, trying to wake her up, she was so very cold, she was covered in bruises,” Arrington told the court on Wednesday. “I shook her, I screamed, ‘Please wake up, please God help me.’”

She asked her son-in-law, Antonio Vecchiola, to call 911. A dispatcher told him to start CPR.

“After about 30 seconds, you got on your knees, you pumped your hands on her chest three times, you bent over to give her your breath, and you gagged, got up and walked out of the room,” Arrington told Vecchiola. “You knew she was dead.”

https://triblive.com/local/penn-hills/murrysville-man-gets-probation-house-arrest-in-estranged-wifes-2017-death/?fbclid=IwAR2TrRITsMk_p01vQVV22ywRZD5d59H77R_r0IAGNwycA1bIbAvfEvGiqVM

He pled guilty to manslaughter and got 1 year house arrest and probation.

That is not justice for beating your wife to death. That is not even a slap on the wrist.

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There is something seriously wrong with out legal system (Original Post) appleannie1 Oct 2021 OP
Understatement Of The Century nt SoCalDavidS Oct 2021 #1
Agree. Unfortunately, DA said best they could do with "evidentiary challenges." Hoyt Oct 2021 #2
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