Murder count reduced in plea for woman in boyfriend's strangulation
Prosecutors said the cord had been wrapped around his neck five times. Despite having the same last name, the two weren't related. They had been in a relationship for about six years, according to Adea Williams' attorneys, Michael Hayes and Will Ireland. Had the case gone to trial, Hayes and Ireland said their client would have claimed self-defense. They anticipated evidence of an ongoing abusive relationship and testimony by an expert that Adea Williams suffered from what's known as battered-person syndrome. The guilty plea to the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter, under Ohio law, m...
Source: dispatch.com