ROME, Ga. – The wife of a church deacon pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the killing of her husband and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, while her lover was given a life term without parole.
Michelle Reynolds entered the plea on Wednesday in Floyd County Superior Court.
Thad John Reynolds was stabbed to death in July 2004 outside the Frito-Lay distribution center where he worked.
Richard Scott Harper, an assistant pastor at the church where the 36-year-old Reynolds served as a deacon, pleaded guilty in October 2008 to murder and other charges. He also was sentenced on Wednesday.
The Rome News-Tribune says District attorney Leigh Patterson told the court evidence showed Michelle Reynolds and Harper were having an affair that led to a plot to kill Thad Reynolds.