From STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
FRESNO, Calif. -- Larissa Schuster was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing her estranged husband, Golden, Ill., native Timothy Schuster, by knocking him out and stuffing him into a vat of acid, possibly while he was still alive.
Schuster, 47, is a native of Clarence, Mo., and a former Clovis biochemist.
She was convicted in December by a Los Angeles County jury of killing her estranged husband and sealing his body in a barrel of acid in July 2003.
The jury convicted Schuster with the special circumstance that the murder was committed for financial gain. At the time, the Schusters were in the middle of a divorce after nearly 20 years of marriage.
Just days after Timothy Schuster was reported missing, his half-dissolved remains -- intact from only the belt buckle down -- were found inside a 55-gallon barrel concealed in a storage unit his wife had rented.
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From STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
FRESNO, Calif. -- Larissa Schuster was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing her estranged husband, Golden, Ill., native Timothy Schuster, by knocking him out and stuffing him into a vat of acid, possibly while he was still alive.
Schuster, 47, is a native of Clarence, Mo., and a former Clovis biochemist.
She was convicted in December by a Los Angeles County jury of killing her estranged husband and sea ...