HERNANDO, Miss. - The DeSoto County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday that a Southaven woman was sentenced to 25 years in prison after she bludgeoned a man to death in 2023.

Erin Malchow, 40, was sentenced after she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of 65-year-old Harvey Satterfield.

Prosecutors said that Malchow attacked Satterfield on Sept. 17, 2023, in Southaven. He was hospitalized and later died from his injuries, the DA's office said.

"Based on Malchow’s age and health conditions, I doubt she lives through the day for day sentence she received," District Attorney Matthew Barton said in a statement. "If you commit violent crime in DeSoto County, you’re getting real prison time, not a slap on the wrist."

The DA's office said Malchow would also be under

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