HOUSTON - Sarah Hartsfield has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her husband.

The jury convicted Hartsfield of murder on Wednesday and handed down her sentence on Thursday. She was also fined $10,000.

Sarah Hartsfield's murder charge

The backstory:

Joseph Hartsfield died in January 2023. He was Sarah's fifth husband.

The Chambers County Sheriff’s Office says they were called to a Baytown hospital on the evening of Jan. 7, 2023, about the suspicious illness of an emergency room patient – Joseph. He had been brought in by ambulance from Beach City, where he lived.

According to the sheriff’s office, inconsistencies and other factors discovered during the investigation "made the illness appear more suspicious in nature."

Joseph later died. The sheriff’s office said th

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