A Virginia woman and her husband are headed to prison for beating a man with a frying pan and choking him to death with a dog leash because he wouldn't fork over his disability check to pay for living expenses.

Kristie Marie Lynch, 45, was found guilty last week of first-degree murder in the death of 45-year-old Jose Moreno at their Norfolk home, prosecutors said in a press release . James Christian Lynch pleaded guilty to second-degree murder earlier this year and was sentenced to 25 years behind bars.

Prosecutors said the defendants met Moreno at their church in 2022 and invited him to live at their apartment because he had "nowhere to go." Moreno suffered from a physical disability that required him to use a walker. As part of living with them the Lynches required Moreno to pay them f

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