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Ex-Marine gets prison in murder of fellow Marine’s wife

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2014 file photo, former Marine Christopher Lee is escorted into the courtroom for a hearing in Joshua Tree, Calif. Lee continued testifying Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, that he killed Erin Corwin, his 19-year-old lover, before disposing of her body in a 140-foot mine shaft. Lee testified in San Bernardino County Superior Court he strangled Corwin during a fit of anger but he's since calmed down and wants to come clean. (Richard Lui/The Desert Sun via AP, File)

Ex-Marine admits in court to killing other Marine’s wife

Associated Press

This undated photo released by the San Bernardino County, Calif., Sheriff's Department shows Erin Corwin. The body of the missing, pregnant wife of a U.S. Marine has been found deep in an abandoned mine shaft in Southern California, where her husband had been stationed. Sheriff John McMahon said Monday, Aug. 18, 2014 that the remains of Corwin, 20, were found Saturday, Aug. 16, and were identified by dental records Sunday. Her alleged lover and former neighbor, Christopher Brandon Lee, 24, was arrested at 9 p.m. Sunday at a traffic stop in Anchorage, Alaska, on an extradition warrant out of California. (AP Photo/San Bernardino County Sheriff)

Marine’s wife, 19, found dead in mine shaft in California desert

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times