LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A 32-year-old Lawrence woman has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for planning the murder of her ex-boyfriend in Missouri.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Annette Cross pleaded guilty last week and was sentenced for second-degree murder and other charges in the 2009 death of 37-year-old Andrew Day.
Howell County, Mo., prosecutors accused Cross of driving her brother, Dale Cross, of Hannibal, to Day’s his home outside Mountain View, Mo. Dale Cross shot Day and they burned down the home, with Day’s body inside.
Dale Cross was given the same sentence earlier this year.
The Crosses’ mother, Joann Cross, and Dale Cross’ fiancee, Kristin Smith, both of Hannibal, are serving 11-year and 10-year prison sentences respectively after they pleaded to conspiracy for their help buying the gun.
