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Arlington woman pleads guilty in shooting death of her husband who wanted a divorce

Wendy Behnke
Wendy Behnke
Tarrant County Jail

Three years after an Arlington man was murdered his wife has pleaded guilty in his death and has been sentenced to 12 years.

Court records show Steve Behnke was gunned down in 2020 and police soon after arrested his wife Wendy.


Tarrant County prosecutors claimed Steve Behnke was seeking a divorce and they said his wife was angry over that. She was facing up to 99 years if the case went to trial and she was convicted.

A jury pool had been summoned to the court house but just before proceedings began, Wendy Behnke accepted a plea deal limiting her sentence to 12 years although she'll be eligible for parole after just six years.

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