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A Rhode Island man was sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing an elderly woman in March 2016

Constance Gauthier, 81, was found with more than 60 stab wounds under a mattress at her home in Woonsocket

Attorney General Peter Neronha remembered Gauthier as a "vibrant, active woman whose life was tragically cut short"

A Rhode Island man was sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing an elderly woman and leaving her body under a mattress.

The sentence, which includes the possibility of parole, was handed down to 28-year-old Matthew Dusseault at Providence Superior Court on Nov. 18, local news outlets WJAR and WPRI reported from the courtroom.

In January, Dusseault was found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2016 death of 81-year-old Constance Gauthier,

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