NC man who blamed cough syrup in wife’s killing pleads guilty
RALEIGH, NC (WNCN) — A Raleigh man accused of stabbing his wife more than 120 times in 2017 has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder.
Matthew Phelps was charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his 29-year-old wife, Lauren Hugelmaier Phelps, on Sept. 1, 2017.
On Friday, Matthew Phelps admitted to a Wake County judge that he stabbed his wife to death.
He pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Matthew Phelps walked into a courtroom with long hair and a beard – a much different looked compared to his mugshot taken following the murder.
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