Baltimore Man Convicted Of Murdering His Wife In 2018 Sentenced To Life In Prison

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Officials announced that 59-year-old Cleveland DeShields was sentenced to beingness successful situation with the archetypal 25 years to beryllium served without the anticipation of parole for the 2018 execution of his wife, Wanda Diggins.

“This lawsuit is different heartbreaking illustration of the devastating result of home violence,” said State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. “I privation to promote immoderate nonmigratory experiencing unit successful their location to instantly interaction the SAO extremity enactment astatine 1-877-SAO-4TIP to beryllium connected to resources that could prevention their life.”

On Nov. 2, 2018, conscionable aft 11:30 p.m., crews responded to the 1700 artifact of N. Bentlou Street for a reported assault. Two witnesses who were wrong the residence said they were drinking erstwhile the unfortunate went to slumber connected a sofa successful the beforehand country and a witnesser fell dormant adjacent to her.

At this time, DeShields remained seated successful a seat successful a neighboring room. He past moved the seat person to the beforehand country wherever the unfortunate and witnesser were sleeping. Officials said the different witnesser asked him if everything was alright, but helium did not respond.

Shortly after, the 2nd witnesser ran into the room stating that DeShields was beating his wife. The 2 witnesses called 911 and ran to look for help.

When the witnesses returned, DeShields was gone and his woman was recovered connected the sofa suffering from extended injuries to her caput and face.

Both witnesses said that DeShields was the lone different idiosyncratic successful the country with the unfortunate earlier they ran retired and DNA recovered from the victim’s sweatshirt matched his.

Cell telephone information besides placed DeShield’s successful the vicinity of the location conscionable anterior to the clip of the incident. Detectives learned that helium and his woman had been arguing connected and disconnected during the evening and person had respective anterior incidents of home violence.

The unfortunate suffered important caput trauma and was transported to Shock Trauma for surgery. After months of infirmary treatment, she yet succumbed to her injuries connected May 5, 2019.

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An autopsy was performed by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner who concluded that the origin of decease was aggregate injuries from the assault, with complications, and the mode of decease was a homicide.