Jonesboro man convicted in wife’s murder, sentenced to 45 years in prison
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Jonesboro, Arkansas man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for stabbing his wife to death in 2023.
Andre A. Isabell, 46, pled guilty to first-degree murder in the Craighead County Circuit Court on Wednesday. He was charged in the fatal stabbing of his wife, Samantha Phillips on May 15, 2023.
According to a press release, Isabell was found at a Walgreens on Main Street early that morning after he called the police and told them that he had stabbed his wife at their home on Krewson Street.
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Officers say upon arrival at the home, they found Phillips lying in a bed with blunt-force trauma injuries and a stab wound to her neck.
Isabell was sentenced to 45 years behind bars.
“This plea puts a violent criminal behind bars. The family of Samantha Phillips will never be the
same,” said Prosecuting Attorney Charlene Davidson. “They lost a mother, a daughter, and a sister with her murder. We pray this conviction gives them solace, knowing he is no longer a threat on our streets.”
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