A five-time bride convicted of murdering her latest husband with a fatal dose of insulin — seven years after she fatally shot her then-fiancé — has been sentenced to life in prison, a judge ruled on Thursday.
Sarah Hartsfield, a 50-year-old former US Army sergeant from Texas and mother of four, was found guilty of poisoning her diabetic husband Joseph Hartsfield in 2023 by shooting him up with lethal levels of insulin, as the high-profile trial revealed her troubling past relationships.
Chambers County Assistant District Attorney Mallory Vargas claimed during her closing arguments Wednesday that Hartsfield expected to get away with killing her husband “because it’s what she’s always done,” NBC News reported . 5
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“What a wild coincidence that no person can leave her without