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Texas Man Sentenced To Life In 2007 Slaying In Md.

SNOW HILL, Md. (AP) -- A Texas man convicted of killing a Delaware woman who went missing in 2007 has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Justin Hadel of College Station, Texas, was sentenced Friday in Worcester County Circuit Court, The Daily Times of Salisbury reports. He was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Christine Sheddy, 26.

Sheddy's body was found in February 2010 on the grounds of a bed and breakfast in Snow Hill, Md.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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