A Minnesota man will spend years in prison after failing to contact authorities for several days after his wife died in the bathtub.

In May, Scott Douglas Loven, 75, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal neglect by a person who knows or has reason to know deprivation will result in great bodily harm. The plea deal put the kibosh on an earlier charge of manslaughter in the second degree by a person with culpable negligence for creating an unreasonable risk.

On Thursday, Loven was sentenced to 41 months in prison.

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On May 8, 2023, police responded to a report about a woman dead in a bathtub at a home in northwest Rochester, a large city located roug

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