By PAUL ANDERSON

SANTA ANA – A 55-year-old woman was sentenced Wednesday to 19 years to life in prison for fatally shooting her roommate in Garden Grove.

Michelle Ilene Buzick was convicted July 31 of second-degree murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a gun. Buzick has 758 days credit for time behind bars awaiting trial.

Buzick was convicted of killing Chris Miller on Sept. 12, 2023, in their apartment at 10781 Lotus Drive.

Buzick wrote in a letter she was “so sorry for what took place on Sept. 12, 2023.”

She added, “That day was the worst day of my life. My friend Chris Miller died that day because he was trying to stop me from killing myself and he was the one who died instead.”

Buzick was a “good friend of 20 years,” she said.

“I never meant for him to get

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