The person {that a} California Freeway Patrol captain employed to kill her husband 4 years in the past has been sentenced to life in jail for the killing.
Prosecutors in Kentucky, the place the killing occurred, alleged that Thomas O’Donnell, 64, had conspired with CHP Capt. Julie Harding to kill her estranged husband, Michael Harding. A jury discovered O’Donnell responsible of the homicide on Friday and gave him a life sentence on Monday.
The homicide was dedicated Sept. 19, 2022. O’Donnell was arrested Dec. 8 at Sacramento Worldwide Airport. Julie Harding died of an obvious suicide two days later.
Investigators linked O’Donnell to the crime and O’Donnell to Julie Harding utilizing cellphone knowledge. The info indicated O’Donnell was close to Julie Harding’s house in Sacramento two days earlier than the homicide. Julie Harding had labored for the CHP for 22 years and, since 2018, had headed the division’s Yuba-Sutter workplace. She was on depart on the time of her loss of life.













