LAKE COUNTY — Betsy K. McIntyre, 69, of Irons, was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison for the second-degree murder of her husband, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced.

According to a Sept. 23 news release, Lake County Probate Judge David Glancy handed down the sentence Monday in the 27th Circuit Court after McIntyre pleaded guilty in August to one count of second-degree murder. She was originally charged by the Lake County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of her husband.

“I hope this sentence brings some measure of justice for the victim’s family,” Nessel said. “As Attorney General, my office has consistently stepped in to support counties during times of vacancies. Without this assistance, prosecutions would stall, murderers wou

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