Windi Thomas, 44, admitted Monday to killing Keeno Butler, 41, last March at the couple’s home in Erie by stabbing him, hitting him with a table leg and crushing him under the weight of her body. Butler weighed about 120 pounds, the Erie Times-News reports.
Thomas faces 18 to 36 years behind bars after pleading guilty to third-degree murder. She is slated to be sentenced Dec. 21.
Prosecutors dropped charges of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and possession of the instrument of a crime in exchange for Thomas’ plea.
“It’s a good result based upon the facts of the case,” said Thomas’ court-appointed lawyer, Mark Del Duca of Pittsburgh. “I think it’s fair for both sides.”
But Butler’s sister, Sandra Butler, says her family was hoping for a longer prison sentence for Thomas.
“I feel like she should have 40 or more,” Butler said. “She deserved life.”
