Indiana man Andrew Wilhoite, 41, received a major election for a township board place after killing his estranged spouse and being charged with homicide. He was in the end convicted of manslaughter this week after admitting he struck her with a flowerpot and dumping her physique in a creek. His friends did not suppose that was homicide, however he nonetheless faces 10-30 years imprisonment when sentenced in June. And he has stop the race, too: I assume members of the Lebanon, Indiana city board lack the ability to pardon themselves of felony crimes.
Wilhoite was charged with homicide within the dying of his spouse, 41-year-old Elizabeth “Nikki” Wilhoite, who was reported lacking by coworkers on March 25, 2022, when she didn’t present up for work. Her physique was present in a creek close to her house the following day. She had filed for divorce on March 17 and had lately completed chemotherapy therapies for most cancers. … Wilhoite was one in every of three Republican candidates who superior in a 2022 major for a township board place earlier than later withdrawing from the race. He acquired 60 of the 276 whole votes for Republicans for 3 positions on the Clinton Township Board, Boone County election outcomes confirmed. The race drew solely three candidates.
An amuse-bouche for the shit sandwich we’re all fixin to eat subsequent 12 months.