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Woman sentenced to prison for killing roommate after pleading guilty with mental condition

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A woman was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison on Thursday after admitting that she killed her roommate at a Sandy shelter. Laura Darlene Northrup, 62, pleaded on July 22, 2026, to guilty with a mental condition to murder, a first-degree felony.

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