Loana woman who was sentenced to prison for the death of the husband

Laona, Wisconsin (WSAW) – A woman from Laona was convicted of her husband's death while she did a vehicle with almost four times a blood alcohol level.

In January, Mary Terry owed himself guilty through intoxicating use of a vehicle and was sentenced as a result. In return for the culpable plea, a number of initial murder of the first degree was rejected.

On Friday, Terry was sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervision.

According to court documents, Terry was accused of beating her husband Donald Britten Jr. with a truck and pulling him down the street. Britten died of his injuries. The incident occurred on October 19, 2023.

According to WLUK-TV, the police were called for a man lying on the street in a scene in the Linden Road (US 8). First Terry told the police that she was at home and noticed her truck on the street. She went to the truck, didn't see Britten, drove the truck back to her house to get her phone, and then returned to the scene. She denied to hit Britten with the truck.

Bac from 0.298 showed a preliminary breath test at the crime scene.

The police spoke to Terry again the next day. This time she said that the two had driven in the truck and came into a dispute over her bar, barbs.

After the criminal complaint, the damage to the truck “with the injury that the Britten had suffered on his back and the right shoulder. There were two dents under the angle iron, the consistent heights of his upper torso and hips were.

According to the complaint, the police found drag stamps of 48 feet, which led to Britten's body.

The preliminary cause of death was a blunt trauma that was caused by compression, as the autopsy showed.

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