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Ore. man gets 10 years for girlfriend manslaughter

The Columbian
Published: June 15, 2010, 12:00am

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A Wolf Creek man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the death last summer of his girlfriend.

Prosecutors said that 24-year-old Joseph “Joey” O’Dell pleaded no contest Monday to manslaughter in the death of 20-year-old Caitlyn Strauser, also of Wolf Creek.

Friends told investigators the couple had argued in the days before her death.

They also initially told police that Strauser had drowned but an autopsy showed that she had been beaten and concluded the death was a homicide.

One of the friends later said O’Dell had asked him to lie because O’Dell feared a murder charge.


Information from: Daily Courier, http://www.thedailycourier.com

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