Sentencing has been handed down for a Hazel Park man who killed his spouse and slept together with her useless physique for days.
At a sentencing listening to Thursday in Oakland County Circuit Courtroom, Decide Daniel O’Brien ordered Jeff Charles Sherwood, 47, to spend 38 to 60 years in jail for slaying Susan Klepsch, 64. He was given credit score for 680 days served within the Oakland County Jail.
Sherwood pleaded responsible final month to second-degree homicide in alternate for dismissal of a first-degree homicide cost.
Klepsch died from blunt pressure trauma to the top and neck in March 2020 on the Hazel Park house she shared with Sherwood. Klepsch died from blunt pressure trauma to the top and neck in March 2020 on the Hazel Park house she shared with Sherwood.
Based mostly on proof from the Oakland County health worker, it’s believed Sherwood slept with Klepsch’s physique for as much as per week.
Klepsch’s physique was discovered by police who went to the couple’s house on March 28, 2020, performing on a tip. Whereas investigators have been on scene, Sherwood reportedly tried to hold himself within the basement.
Police stated Sherwood initially stated he and his spouse had made a murder-suicide pact as a result of they feared they’d die from COVID-19. Later, he admitted beating and strangling her after she accused him of infidelity, police stated.
Sherwood underwent psychiatric analysis and was declared competent to face trial. He subsequently opted out of trial together with his responsible plea.