Murderer Sonny Neal Accepts Plea Deal

1,677 views · Published 13 February 2013 · 1:37 · Indexed 22 October 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2013 · News & Politics

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A husband who murdered his wife and her grandfather has accepted a plea bargain agreement. Sonny Neal  has been sentenced to two life sentences with no possibility of parole. Neal murdered his wife, Jessica Neal and her grandfather, Donald Shedd in May 2012. Jessica owned a tanning salon in Dalton. She had been married to Sonny, 49, for eight years. Her family said the day before she was murdered she told her family they were getting a divorce.  Sonny Neal went on the run and eluded police for a week before he was captured wandering in the woods near Varnell, Ga..We'll have more from today's court hearing in Dalton beginning on NewsChannel 9 at 5:00.

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