HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) - A 60-year-old Montana man has been sentenced to less than 3 ½ years in prison for the 1996 death of a Kirkland, Wash., woman.
Clifford Reed of Victor was sentenced to 41 months in the slaying of 28-year-old Sandi Johnson, whose remains were found in Pierce County eight years after she disappeared.
Reed was arrested in 2012. He pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in March and was sentenced in King County Superior Court on April 11.
The Ravalli Republic reports (https://bit.ly/1prropJ ) Reed had already spent 494 days in jail and should be free by 2016.
King County Prosecutor’s Office chief of staff Ian Goodhew says the 41-month sentence was at the top of the range for manslaughter in 1996.
Since then, Washington state has increased the manslaughter sentencing range.
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Information from: Ravalli Republic, https://www.ravallirepublic.com
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