Family and friends of a young woman murdered by her estranged husband in 2017 expressed shock and outrage as the woman's husband was released after serving seven years in jail.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 12:47AMFamily and friends of a young woman murdered by her estranged husband in 2017 expressed shock and outrage exclusively to Eyewitness News as the woman's husband was released after serving seven years in jail.Barry Wells was convicted of strangling Tonie Wells, 22, and leaving her body in the basement stairwell of his home in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in December 2017. Rivera said her daughter was newly pregnant at the time of her murder.
On Monday, New York State Supreme Court Judge Dena Douglas sentenced Wells to time served, meaning Wells was set free. During Wells' sentencing, prosecutors asked Douglas to sentence him to up to 15 years, but she declined. Douglas also denied prosecutors' request to grant an order of protection against Barry Wells for Tonie Wells' daughter who was a toddler at the time of her mother's murder and was present during the attack. Barry Wells is not the biological father of the child.
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