Hawthorne strangling gets epileptic 20 years to life
Arthur Bonner, 38, claims an epileptic seizure made him violently choke his live-in girlfriend to death. Angel Dews, 33, was found unconscious in her Hawthorne home by her daughters. Bonner asked for a new trial, but his motion was denied, and he was sentenced.
I'll have a full story in tomorrow's Daily Breeze, including comments from Dews' mother and teenage daughter.
Previously:
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