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July 4 murder leads to life sentence for Santa Rosa man who killed wife
A 54-year-old Santa Rosa man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for stabbing to death his wife on the Fourth of July in 2023. Tunoa Radaiga Meo was found guilty in a jury trial earlier this year of killing his wife, Marica Mara, when they lived in an apartment on McBride Lane, according to […] The post July 4 murder leads to life sentence for Santa Rosa man who killed wife appeared first on Local News Matters .
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A 54-year-old Santa Rosa man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for stabbing to death his wife on the Fourth of July in 2023. Tunoa Radaiga Meo was found guilty in a jury trial earlier this year of killing his wife, Marica Mara, when they lived in an apartment on McBride Lane, according to […] The post July 4 murder leads to life sentence for Santa Rosa man who killed wife appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s linked report, July 4 murder leads to life sentence for Santa Rosa man who killed wife, A 54-year-old Santa Rosa man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for stabbing to death his wife on the Fourth of July in 2023. Tunoa Radaiga Meo was found guilty in a jury trial earlier this year of killing his wife, Marica Mara, when they lived in an apartment on McBride Lane, according to […] The post July 4 murder leads to life sentence for Santa Rosa man who killed wife appeared first on Local News Matters .
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