WILKINSBURG, Pa. — A man police said confessed to killing his wife in their Wilkinsburg home in March 2016 was sentenced Tuesday.
Richard Katilius was sentenced to 10 to 20 years with a requirement to undergo mental health treatment, the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Katilius pleaded guilty in May to one count of third-degree murder in the strangulation death of his wife, Linda.
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Investigators said Katilius admitted during questioning that he killed his wife, saying he choked her but it was not intentional.
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