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(From AP Online)
Byline: JOHN MILLER
An Idaho man pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder in the beheading death of his estranged wife in a deal that spares him the death penalty.
Prosecutors had originally sought a death sentence, accusing Alofa Time of first-degree murder with aggravating factors because they said they had evidence he tortured Theresa Time before he cut off her head last June 15.
Under the plea agreement, Time, 51, is to be sentenced to life in prison without parole. Formal sentencing was set for March 5 in 3rd District Court.
Prosecutors alleged Time killed his wife, then tossed her severed head into his Dodge Ram pickup and drove into Boise. There they allege he swerved into oncoming traffic and collided with a sedan, killing a woman and her young daughter. He faces second-degree murder charges in those deaths.
The impact caused Theresa Time's head to fly out of the truck onto ...