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Jennifer Sielski, fiancee of slain Michigan State Police Trooper Paul K. Butterfield II makes a statement in court during the sentencing of Eric Knysz on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Her father, Paul Sielski stands next to her. Knysz was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole by Mason County's 51st Circuit Court Judge Richard I. Cooper in Ludington, Mo. Knysz was convicted on Feb. 25, 2014 of killing Michigan State Police Trooper Paul K. Butterfield II during a routine traffic stop on September 9, 2013 in rural Mason County. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Ken Stevens)

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Patricia Butterfield comforts her husband Paul Butterfield, right, as Mason County Prosecutor Paul Spaniola makes his closing remarks during the sixth day of the murder trial for Eric Knysz in Mason County's 51st Circuit Court Judge Richard I. Cooper in Ludington, Mich., on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Knysz is charged in the September 2013 shooting death of their son, Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield II during a traffic stop in rural Mason County. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Ken Stevens) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT.

Correction: Trooper Killed-Michigan story

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Sarah Knysz looks in the direction of her husband, murder suspect Eric Knysz, as she is questioned by Mason County Prosecutor Paul Spaniola on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in Ludington, Mich. Eric Knysz, is charged with murder of a peace officer and other felony counts in the September 2013 shooting death of Michigan State Police Trooper Paul K. Butterfield II. Sarah Knysz, 21, earlier pleaded guilty as charged to accessory after the fact to a felony and motor vehicle theft. She is serving a prison sentence of two to five years. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Ken Stevens)

Suspect in trooper’s killing apologizes to wife

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Michigan state police detective David Johnson takes the stand Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 during the murder trial for Eric John Knysz, 20, in Ludington, Mich. Knysz, 20, is charged with first-degree murder of a peace officer in the killing of Trooper Paul Butterfield II during a traffic stop in September. (AP Photo/Ludington Daily News, Jeff Kiessel) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Law enforcement personnel enter the courtroom as John Knysz, far left, waits outside during the jury selection at his son, Eric John Knysz's trial in Mason County's 51st Circuit Court in Ludington, Mich., on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Eric Knysz is charged with murder in the shooting death of Michigan State Police Trooper Paul K. Butterfield II on Sept. 9, 2013, during a routine traffic stop. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Ken Stevens) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT

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