A 43-year-old Lancaster County man who pleaded guilty to beating his wife to death in 2021 will spend the rest of his life in prison without parole, the district attorney’s office said.

Christopher A. Mello , of Elizabethtown, punched and kicked Alexandria Reynolds to death on Sept. 30, 2021. Her body was found in a second-floor bathtub, according to the district attorney’s office.

Prosecutors said Reynolds suffered a nearly “24-hour beating” that left her with over 100 bruises covering her body, numerous broken bones, multiple damaged organs and a severed artery in her brain.

“It’s clear she suffered a great deal,” Assistant District Attorney Fritz Haverstick said as Reynolds’ parents sobbed in the courtroom.

Elizabethtown Police were dispatched to the couple’s West High Street hom

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