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| Jordan Graham sentenced for pushing husband off cliff | Jordan Graham sentenced for pushing husband off cliff |
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| A woman in the US state of Montana who admitted shoving her husband off a cliff eight days into their marriage has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. | A woman in the US state of Montana who admitted shoving her husband off a cliff eight days into their marriage has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. |
| Jordan Linn Graham, 22, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in December and faced up to a life sentence. | Jordan Linn Graham, 22, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in December and faced up to a life sentence. |
| Cody Johnson, 25, fell to his death in Glacier National Park on 7 July. | Cody Johnson, 25, fell to his death in Glacier National Park on 7 July. |
| Prosecutors alleged Graham was having second thoughts about her marriage when she lured Johnson to the cliff. | Prosecutors alleged Graham was having second thoughts about her marriage when she lured Johnson to the cliff. |
| Graham had insisted Johnson's death was accidental but later pleaded guilty during her jury trial. | Graham had insisted Johnson's death was accidental but later pleaded guilty during her jury trial. |
| "There's only one person in this room that knows what happened, and I don't think she's been entirely truthful," US District Judge Donald Molloy said at Graham's sentencing. | |
| In exchange for her plea, prosecutors agreed to drop a charge of premeditated first-degree murder as well as one count of making a false statement to authorities. | |
| Graham told a court in December she was unhappy just days after her wedding. When she and her new husband went for a hike on a narrow ledge over a ravine, they argued, and he grabbed her by the arm. | Graham told a court in December she was unhappy just days after her wedding. When she and her new husband went for a hike on a narrow ledge over a ravine, they argued, and he grabbed her by the arm. |
| "I just pushed... I wasn't thinking about where we were," she said. | "I just pushed... I wasn't thinking about where we were," she said. |
| Reported missing | Reported missing |
| Graham said she later drove home and did not call for help because she was afraid. | Graham said she later drove home and did not call for help because she was afraid. |
| Johnson was reported missing on 8 July. | Johnson was reported missing on 8 July. |
| According to an FBI affidavit, in an initial interview on 9 July, Graham told police she had received a text message from her husband saying he was going for a drive with a friend. | According to an FBI affidavit, in an initial interview on 9 July, Graham told police she had received a text message from her husband saying he was going for a drive with a friend. |
| But she told investigators both she and her husband usually deleted their texts so she could not show police the message in question. | But she told investigators both she and her husband usually deleted their texts so she could not show police the message in question. |
| Two days later she was the first to report finding her husband's dead body. | Two days later she was the first to report finding her husband's dead body. |
| A park ranger told her it was unusual that she had found the body, according to the affidavit. | A park ranger told her it was unusual that she had found the body, according to the affidavit. |
| "It was a place he wanted to see before he died," she allegedly replied. | "It was a place he wanted to see before he died," she allegedly replied. |
| His family called for an investigation after his body was recovered by helicopter below a steep viewpoint known as the Loop, in Glacier National Park on 12 July. | His family called for an investigation after his body was recovered by helicopter below a steep viewpoint known as the Loop, in Glacier National Park on 12 July. |
| Graham subsequently admitted having lied to police about her husband's death on 16 July. | Graham subsequently admitted having lied to police about her husband's death on 16 July. |