Ohio ex-officer gets 16 years in wife's slaying

MENTOR, Ohio (AP) — A former police officer from northeast Ohio has been sentenced to serve at least 16 years in prison in the slaying of his wife — whose body was found wrapped in plastic inside a sleeping bag at their home last fall.

Gary Stroud, a 58-year-old former Lake County sheriff’s deputy and Mentor police officer, had pleaded guilty to last month to charges that beat his 53-year-old wife, Diane, in the head with a hammer. Then he wrapped her body and left it in the garage of their home.