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A man accused of brutally stabbing his sister to death
pleaded guilty to her murder Monday.
As prosecutors in St. Clair County prepared to try 31 year
old Brett Christopher Love on the murder
charges, he pleaded guilty in open court to the murder of his sister, 29 year
old Lindsey Michelle Love, of Pell City.
Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday afternoon, and
the trial was anticipated to start Tuesday morning.
Authorities said Brett Love killed his sister during the
early morning hours of June 19, 2013, after the two argued.
In open court Monday, Love said he regretted what he had
done and was sorry.
Prosecutors said that Love stabbed his sister 15 times with
a knife authorities recovered from a backpack in Love’s possession, along with
a blood-soaked shirt.
He said blood found on the knife and shirt matched the
victim’s DNA.
The woman’s body was found inside her apartment at the Pell
City Housing Authority duplexes.
Police removed her unharmed 1-year-old child from the
apartment after the woman’s body was found lying in a pool of blood with her
throat slashed.
During Love’s preliminary hearing, Pell City Police
Detective Jonathan Swiney testified that the defendant texted a friend stating,
“I killed my sis.”
On Monday, St. Clair County Circuit Court Judge Bill
Weathington sentenced Love to 25 years in prison after the defendant waived his
pre-sentencing investigation and report.
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