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A Crescent City man will spend at least the next 15 years in prison after being convicted last month of murdering his wife. Edward Culver Hughes, 37, was convicted by a Del Norte County jury of second-degree murder and cruelty to a child and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. Assistant District Attorney Todd Zocchi prosecuted the case, which lasted eight days. Hughes was convicted of killing his wife, Emiley Tesch Hughes, who was last seen alive on Christmas Eve in 2018. Her body was not located until Valentineâs Day in 2019. During a preliminary hearing in July 2019, Dr. James Olson, a forensic pathologist from Oregon, testified Emiley Hughes likely died from strangulation. Investigators say Edward Hughes killed his wife on Christmas Eve in 2018 and hid her body in a closet. ....