The Columbia woman convicted of strangling to death her friend in a drunken fight is free. Melissa Burch Harton, 27, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Friday in Howard Circuit Court in a plea agreement, granting her time served for two years and 177 days.
Howard Circuit Judge Lenore Gelfman suspended the remainder of her 10-year sentence imposed in April 2006.
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