Southwest Virginia Man Sentenced To Thirty Years For Killing His Girlfriend In 2017

A southwest Virginia man who brutally beat and killed his girlfriend in Castlewood Virginia is sentenced to 30 years in prison. Joshua Lee pleaded guilty to second degree murder, reduced from a first degree murder charge, for the killing of 29 year old Santana Hale in November of last year. Evidence shows Hale was beaten and strangled to death.