Man admits killing rival furniture salesman in Ohio in 1992
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE – This Oct. 8, 2015, file photo, provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Phoenix, Ariz., shows Sam Perone after his arrest in connection with a 1992 murder case in Ohio. Perone was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016, to voluntary manslaughter and gross abuse of a corpse in the 1992 death of Richard Woods, of Dublin, Ohio, a rival furniture salesman whose body was found in a ravine with gunshot wounds to the head. (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) (The Associated Press)
An Arizona man has admitted killing a rival furniture salesman in Ohio in 1992 and has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison.
Sixty-eight-year-old Sam Perone (pir-OHWN'-ee) pleaded guilty Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter and gross abuse of a corpse in the death of Richard Woods. The body of the 41-year-old Dublin, Ohio, man was found with gunshot wounds to the head in a ravine near Perone's Lebanon (LEB'-uh-nun) store. Blood was found on carpet in the store.
Warren County Common Pleas Judge Donald Oda (OH'-duh) sentenced Perone to 11 years in prison. He was arrested a year ago at his Phoenix home.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Perone had previously pleaded not guilty to murder charges and denied involvement in Woods' death. Members of Woods' family, including his widow, were in court Tuesday.