Man Gets Death in Slayings of Wife, Friend
From Times Wire Services
A judge in Delaware sentenced a man to death for the murders of his fourth wife and a friend who prosecutors said helped him kill two previous wives.
Judge Everett Krueger followed the recommendation of the trial jury, which could have recommended life without parole for 54-year-old Gerald Hand.
Hand was convicted of killing his wife, Jill, 58, and friend Walter Welch, 55. Prosecutors also suspect Hand in the deaths of his first two wives, but he has not been charged.
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