On Monday, an Erie County judge issued a punishment for a woman accused of murdering a man in Summit Township more than two years ago.

Marisa Rodriguez, 37, was charged with criminal homicide, abuse of corpse and other charges in the death of 66-year-old Michael Maisner, whose remains were found in a burn pit at his residence on Crestview drive in April 2023.

According to facts listed by the judge during the sentencing, Rodriguez shot Maisner in the head before dismembering his body with a chainsaw and burning it in a fire pit – something the judge said was the "worst series of facts" he's read in a courtroom.

Maisner's family reported to police that they found Rodriguez in the attic of Maisner's home surrounded by strange writing before she fled to New York in his car, where she was la

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