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Life in prison for murdering ex-wife

Updated: Friday, 26 Oct 2012, 12:33 PM MDT
Published : Friday, 26 Oct 2012, 12:33 PM MDT

LAS CRUCES (KRQE) - A Las Cruces man will be serving a mandatory life sentence for killing his ex-wife.

Horace Carlos Solomon Jr. was found guilty on eight counts including first-degree murder.

He murdered his ex- wife, Jenny Bates, 35, in August 2011.

The Las Cruces Sun-Nimes reports Soloman also faced kidnapping and child-abuse charges because after stabbing bates he held two children, 10 and 13, hostage until police arrived.
 

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