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No Death Penalty for Pianist's Wife Indicted in Kids' Deaths
Source: Associated Press
No Death Penalty for Pianist's Wife Indicted in Kids' Deaths
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT WORTH, Texas — Jul 14, 2016, 3:03 PM ET
Prosecutors in Fort Worth won't seek the death penalty if the 32-year-old estranged wife of an internationally known pianist is convicted of capital murder for the deaths of her two young daughters.
An attorney for Sofya Tsygankova (tsih-GAN'-koh-vah), Joetta Keane, tells the Fort Worth Star-Telegram ( http://bit.ly/2a1rUtH ) that her client's family and friends are relieved at Tarrant County District Attorney Sharen Wilson's decision. A spokeswoman for the prosecutor, Samantha Jordan, said Thursday that Wilson made the decision after reviewing the investigation and circumstances of the slayings.
Tsygankova is charged with suffocating 1-year-old Michaela Kholodenko (koh-loh-DEHN'-koh) and 5-year-old Nika Kholodenko March 17 at her home suburban Fort Worth home.
Tsygankova, the estranged wife of pianist Vadym (va-DEEM') Kholodenko, has pleaded not guilty to the charges. She's jailed on $2 million bond.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT WORTH, Texas — Jul 14, 2016, 3:03 PM ET
Prosecutors in Fort Worth won't seek the death penalty if the 32-year-old estranged wife of an internationally known pianist is convicted of capital murder for the deaths of her two young daughters.
An attorney for Sofya Tsygankova (tsih-GAN'-koh-vah), Joetta Keane, tells the Fort Worth Star-Telegram ( http://bit.ly/2a1rUtH ) that her client's family and friends are relieved at Tarrant County District Attorney Sharen Wilson's decision. A spokeswoman for the prosecutor, Samantha Jordan, said Thursday that Wilson made the decision after reviewing the investigation and circumstances of the slayings.
Tsygankova is charged with suffocating 1-year-old Michaela Kholodenko (koh-loh-DEHN'-koh) and 5-year-old Nika Kholodenko March 17 at her home suburban Fort Worth home.
Tsygankova, the estranged wife of pianist Vadym (va-DEEM') Kholodenko, has pleaded not guilty to the charges. She's jailed on $2 million bond.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/death-penalty-pianists-wife-indicted-kids-deaths-40585662
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