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Published on -10/30/2009, 7:35 AM
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Rural Columbus man guilty in wife's death
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COLUMBUS, Kan. (AP) -- A rural Columbus man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife.
A Cherokee County jury on Thursday found 46-year-old Robert Jarman guilty in the Aug. 22, 2007, death of Suzanne Jarman.
Law enforcement officers found Suzanne Jarman dead from a shotgun wound at the couple's home outside Columbus. Jarman, who did not testify at his trial, told investigators that he was handing his wife a shotgun while cleaning out a gun safe when it discharged and hit her.
Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 15.
Jarman's attorney, Sam Marsh, says he will appeal and seek a new trial.
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