ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) – A coroner says the man who pleaded guilty in the 2008 shooting death of his ailing wife has been found dead inside a home in Lexington County.
The Herald of Rock Hill reports
The Herald of Rock Hill reports
Lexington County coroner Margaret Fisher said 79-year-old Gustave Adolph Hartner was identified Tuesday as a homicide victim from an April incident in the town of Gaston.
Fisher said Hartner’s death is a homicide. She said he died from a skull fracture secondary to blunt force trauma to the head after a beating. His body was found on April 28 and identified through X-rays.
Hartner pleaded guilty but mentally ill to voluntary manslaughter in 2009 for killing his ailing 90-year-old wife, Mildred Hartner. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and was released late last year.
Hartner pleaded guilty but mentally ill to voluntary manslaughter in 2009 for killing his ailing 90-year-old wife, Mildred Hartner. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and was released late last year.
