Wendy Behnke pleaded guilty in Tarrant County court to killing her Arlington husband after he tried to end the marriage: ‘A tragic case.’
Sheila Berry’s relationship with her brother held complications and layers. She lives in the Seattle area. Steven Behnke was in Arlington. They did not talk every day.
Conversations like those are not possible because, after Steven Behnke sought to divorce his wife amid years of emotional abuse and abandonment, she, according to Allenna Bangs, a deputy chief in the criminal division at the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office.On Friday, Wendy Behnke pleaded guilty to murder as her trial was to begin in the 371st District Court in Tarrant County.
Wendy Behnke, who is 48, will become eligible for parole after she serves six years. Had a jury found her guilty of murder, it would have considered a prison term of between five to 99 years or life.wrote in a statement to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Steven Behnke, who was 49, died within an hour at a hospital of gunshot wounds of the chest and abdomen, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.wrote in a statement to the Star-Telegram.
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