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July 28, 2006

Update: Man who strangled wife gets life in prison

A Providence man convicted in January of strangling his wife and hiding her body in a crawlspace in his apartment was sentenced this afternoon to life in prison.

James "Clyde" Gillespie, 44, killed his wife in 1998, bundled her corpse in cloth and stowed it in a small space behind a padlocked closet. He lived with the stench of the decomposing body for two months before being evicted from the West End house. A cleaning crew later discovered the corpse.

Savage was facing 10 years to life in prison for the second-degree murder conviction and another five years for failing to report a death. Superior Court Judge Judith Colenback Savage gave Gillespie the maximum penalty in both charges.

"To get the life sentence on second-degree [murder] is gratifying, obviously that's the maximum we could get," said Michael Healey, spokesman for Attorney General Patrick Lynch.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 6:53 PM | Permalink

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