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Man sentenced after trying to fabricate his own murder, pin it on his wife

By ABC 4 · October 16, 2026 · 1 min read
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A man who previously pleaded guilty to faking a murder plot to make it seem as though his wife was trying to kill him has now been sentenced. Robert Quentin Sprague pleaded guilty to identity fraud, forgery, retaliation against a witness, victim, or informant, and tampering with evidence in September.

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