its all over with. finally.
Husband gets life in wife's murder
By Larry Keller
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
WEST PALM BEACH - Jeffrey Lamb was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison Tuesday for bludgeoning his wife to death after the judge heard his mother insist he is innocent, and his wife's family mourn her brutal death.
Through it all, Lamb was stoic, just as he was at trial. And once again he declined to say anything in his defense.
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Lamb, 33, was convicted in September of first-degree murder. It was he who reported finding Cathy Lamb, 30, with her skull bashed in on the floor of their Lake Park home in June 2004.
Prosecutors had asked that Lamb be sentenced to death following his conviction. But the jury unanimously recommended life, and on Tuesday Circuit Judge Lucy Chernow Brown, as expected, agreed.
Jeffrey Lamb's mother, Judy Jackson, expressed sympathy for Cathy Lamb's family. "She was a sweet girl, and I loved her very much," she said.
But most of her remarks were devoted to castigating the police investigation while insisting her son is innocent.
The lead detective's agenda, she said, was to "quickly solve the case for self aggrandizement and promotion."
The evidence was possibly tampered with, she said.
"Jeff was as much a victim as Cathy was," Jackson declared.
Although her husband kept cheating on her, Cathy Lamb stuck with him, said Cathy's aunt, Belinda Heisler. "No one was a truer friend to Jeff than Cathy.
''She had no idea how much her best friend, the love of her life, hated her."
Cathy Lamb's mother, Benita Rippeon, adopted Cathy, who was her husband's daughter from an earlier marriage.
Stepmother and daughter were close, she said.
"Cathy had the most beautiful smile," she said.
"I think that's one of the things I'll miss the most."
And, she said, there's something that still especially haunts her.
"I cannot handle the fact that she suffered."
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and we got the money friday. now my family can move on from the stress this whole ordeal has caused us....its all over with.
By Larry Keller
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
WEST PALM BEACH - Jeffrey Lamb was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison Tuesday for bludgeoning his wife to death after the judge heard his mother insist he is innocent, and his wife's family mourn her brutal death.
Through it all, Lamb was stoic, just as he was at trial. And once again he declined to say anything in his defense.
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Lamb, 33, was convicted in September of first-degree murder. It was he who reported finding Cathy Lamb, 30, with her skull bashed in on the floor of their Lake Park home in June 2004.
Prosecutors had asked that Lamb be sentenced to death following his conviction. But the jury unanimously recommended life, and on Tuesday Circuit Judge Lucy Chernow Brown, as expected, agreed.
Jeffrey Lamb's mother, Judy Jackson, expressed sympathy for Cathy Lamb's family. "She was a sweet girl, and I loved her very much," she said.
But most of her remarks were devoted to castigating the police investigation while insisting her son is innocent.
The lead detective's agenda, she said, was to "quickly solve the case for self aggrandizement and promotion."
The evidence was possibly tampered with, she said.
"Jeff was as much a victim as Cathy was," Jackson declared.
Although her husband kept cheating on her, Cathy Lamb stuck with him, said Cathy's aunt, Belinda Heisler. "No one was a truer friend to Jeff than Cathy.
''She had no idea how much her best friend, the love of her life, hated her."
Cathy Lamb's mother, Benita Rippeon, adopted Cathy, who was her husband's daughter from an earlier marriage.
Stepmother and daughter were close, she said.
"Cathy had the most beautiful smile," she said.
"I think that's one of the things I'll miss the most."
And, she said, there's something that still especially haunts her.
"I cannot handle the fact that she suffered."
--
and we got the money friday. now my family can move on from the stress this whole ordeal has caused us....its all over with.