Woman pleads guilty to bludgeoning, crushing boyfriend
By Associated Press
Dec 4, 2018 10:26 AM CST
In this March 18, 2018 photo, Windi C. Thomas, left, is led out of the Erie police station following her arraignment in Erie, Pa. Thomas pled guilty to third-degree murder on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in killing her boyfriend Keeno Butler last March by stabbing him, hitting him with a table leg and crushing...   (Associated Press)

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — A woman has pleaded guilty to killing her boyfriend by stabbing him, hitting him with a table leg and crushing him under the weight of her roughly 300 pounds.

Windi Thomas, of Erie, faces a sentence of 18 to 36 years after pleading guilty to third-degree murder. She had been scheduled for trial next week, but instead will be sentenced on Dec. 21.

The 44-year-old Thomas admitted killing Keeno Butler last March, partially by lying on top of him. Thomas weighs about 300 pounds, while the 44-year-old Butler weighed about 120 pounds.

The Erie Times-News reports Butler's sister said her family is still coping with her brother's death and had been hoping for a longer prison sentence for Thomas.

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Information from: Erie Times-News, http://www.goerie.com

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