Virginia Man Who Killed Wife And Buried Her In Cemetery Gets 40 Years In Prison
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Covington man convicted of killing his wife and burying her in a cemetery will spend 40 years in prison.
Adan Quiroz Rodriguez received a 32-year sentence for first-degree murder, a five-year sentence for concealing a body and a three-year sentence for using a firearm to commit a felony. The sentences are to run consecutively.
The Roanoke Times reported that Rodriguez was sentenced Friday in Alleghany County Circuit Court.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Rodriguez pleaded no contest to the charges earlier this year.
Officers with the Alleghany County Sheriff's Office found the remains of Rodriguez's wife, Ashley Rodriguez, in a shallow grave at Allegany Memorial Park last year. Police say Adan Rodriguez worked at the cemetery at the time.
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U.S. marshals arrested Adan Rodriguez on May 30, 2013, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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