BEDFORD MURDER SENTENCE

IN NORTHEAST OHIO, A PLEA DEAL IN THE BEDFORD HOLIDAY MURDERS HAS LED TO A SUSPECT'S SENTENCING.
A CLEVELAND MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A WOMAN IN BEDFORD JUST DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS HAS ACCEPTED A PLEA DEAL AND WILL SPEND AT LEAST TWO DECADES BEHIND BARS. 43 YEAR OLD JOSEPH BOWMAN PLEADED GUILTY TO INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. POLICE SAY HE SHOT 45-YEAR-OLD SARITHA BALLANTYNE INSIDE A HOME ON NATALIE ROAD IN BEDFORD AND THEN STOLE HER CAR, DRIVING OFF. A JUDGE SENTENCED BOWMAN TO 20 TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON.