Man who tried to pass off girlfriend's slaying as suicide sentenced to 11 years
A Calgary man who killed his girlfriend and then tried to convince police it was a suicide has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
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Luke MacLeod initially told police Sheri Carpen had killed herself when body discovered in 2015
A Calgary man who killed his girlfriend and then tried to convince police it was a suicide has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Luke Anthony MacLeod, 34, was sentenced by Cour|t of Queen's Bench Justice Keith Yamauchi on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty in April to manslaughter in the 2015 slaying of Sheri Michelle Carpen. MacLeod was first charged with second-degree murder when he was arrested in Coaldale, Alta., in November 2015 following a police investigation. Court heard he told police Carpen killed herself, but an autopsy and an investigation revealed the 31-year-old woman suffered blunt force trauma to her head and was strangled during a fight fuelled by cocaine and alcohol. Her body was found in the basement of a home in Pineridge in northeast Calgary.
With files from The Canadian Press
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