Man who poisoned wife gets 19 years to life
Quick ReadDavid Steeves was sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for the 2008 death of his estranged wife, Maureen.
Photo credit: SCPD | David Steeves, 45, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for giving his estranged wife, Maureen, a capsule laced with cyanide he bought off an Internet site. He was sentenced to 19 years to life in prison.
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David Steeves did not want his teenage sons to see him in court before he went to prison for the cyanide poisoning that killed their mother.
But the anguish of the two boys was felt nevertheless in the Riverhead courtroom where their father was sentenced Monday to 19 years to life in prison for the 2008 death of his estranged wife, Maureen.
In letters written to State Supreme Court Justice...
