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Orange Co. man gets 18 years to life for killing wife

An Orange County man was sentenced to 18 years to life behind bars for murdering his wife. Leonard Salters, 51, pleaded guilty in September to killing Junco Salters, who was 62 at the time of her death

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Feb 4, 2016, 8:27 PM

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