'I done made a mess': Man shoots 75-year-old wife dead while she is sleeping in her own bed

A Georgia antheral who pleaded blameworthy to shooting his wife successful the caput arsenic she slept volition walk much than a decennary successful prison.

On the greeting of Sept. 7, 2022, James Wilson III, 77, called 911 to study the shooting and admitted to the McDuffie County Sheriff that helium killed his wife. During a press conference held days aft Wilson was arrested for the execution of his wife, 75-year-old Virginia "Sue" Wilson, Sheriff Logan Marshall said that helium was 1 of the archetypal to get astatine the scene. Marshall and his deputies were greeted by the show of James Wilson successful his beforehand yard, connected the ground, holding a weapon to his chest.

Terry Lloyd, an Assistant District Attorney for the Toombs Judicial Circuit, recounted the confrontation successful tribunal connected Thursday, saying that James Wilson reportedly told Marshall, "I done made a mess, I killed her."

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According to Marshall, James Wilson besides told him that "his woman was successful the house." At the scene, Marshall contacted the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and turned the lawsuit implicit to their agency. GBI Special Agent successful Charge Pat Morgan said that determination was a little standoff betwixt James Wilson and authorities, but they were capable to "peaceably" detain him and instrumentality him into custody.

James Wilson, who ne'er provided a motive for sidesplitting his wife, was charged with execution and possession of a firearm portion committing a felony.

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His defence attorney, Grant Usry, argued for leniency, telling Judge Chip Hardin, "We are referring present to a antheral who is 77 years of age. He is successful decent wellness astatine this moment. He is weak. He has a hard clip managing his diet, his intake. He has a hard clip knowing what's adjacent going connected with his ain body."

Hardin accepted the plea woody connected Thursday and sentenced James Wilson to 15 years successful situation with nary parole. After that, helium volition walk the adjacent 20 years connected probation.