Jury finds Augusta woman guilty of killing husband

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The jury deliberated for lower than three hours Friday earlier than discovering Sandra Dales responsible on all counts of the loss of life of her husband.

She was on trial accused of killing her husband, Eddie Cruey, and burying his physique. The jury started deliberating at 3:36 p.m. Friday.

The state and the protection had their closing pleas to the jury. She is dealing with life in jail with or with out parole on prime of 10-plus years for concealing the loss of life of Cruey.

Dales has been indicted on three counts: one depend of malice homicide, one depend of felony homicide, and one depend of concealing the loss of life of one other individual.

Sentencing is ready in 30 days.

What occurred on Friday

The state was given two possibilities to talk on how Dales had plans to kill Cruey and didn’t have a second considered it. The protection had one probability to indicate how all of their proof proves she was fighting home violence for years and that the rationale she killed him was to guard herself.

“She had that point to consider issues earlier than she beat that man to his loss of life. She clearly knew how you can go away the house prior to now. From the protection witnesses, she clearly knew how you can go away and name for assist. I do know beating Mr. Cruey to loss of life was not the reply,” stated DK Huff, state assistant district legal professional.

And the protection closed by hitting house that this can be a system failure and this cycle of home violence will proceed with the harmless going to jail and no adjustments from increased powers.

“This case is just not about one single lady struggling for survival. It’s in regards to the systemic failures of regulation enforcement to guard victims of home violence and that’s what we noticed within the state’s case. Sandra had good individuals in her life, individuals who beloved her … beloved her and Eddie. However having good individuals isn’t sufficient to maintain us secure,” stated Jennifer Huff, protection.

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