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Navy Wife Who Murdered Husband Sentenced

Jennifer Trayers
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Jennifer Trayers

Jennifer Trayers was sentenced today to 16 years to life in prison for the second-degree murder of her husband, 41-year-old Navy doctorFrederick Trayers. Dr. Trayers worked at Naval Medical Center San Diego.

San Diego television station 10News reports Trayers, 43, stabbed her husband after learning of his affair with another woman. The defense claimed Trayers intended to kill herself, and didn't remember stabbing her husband more than ten times in December of 2010.

But the prosecution argued Trayers meant to kill her husband, saying she was in a "total uncontrollable rage" when she took the life of Dr. Trayers.

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