(AP) — A Louisiana man accused of strangling his wife in their bedroom in 2016 while their 11-year-old daughter slept has been convicted of second-degree murder.
The Advocate reports that 46-year-old Donald Wayne Germany II was found guilty in East Baton Rouge Parish court Thursday in the killing of 41-year-old Nichole Michelle Jones.
Germany testified that he was confronting his wife about marital issues when he became angry and “grabbed her by the neck."
The defendant apologized to his wife’s family in court and added that Jones and his daughter were his “world.”
He faces a mandatory term of life in prison at a February sentencing.