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Article: TEEN TO SERVE 5 YEARS FOR KILLING FORMER BOYFRIEND [Corrected 07/07/ 09]

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July 2, 2009
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Today, Melanie Elaine Engleman turns 18.

Wednesday, a Roanoke Circuit Court judge sentenced her to serve five years in an adult prison, with 25 more years suspended, for the murder of her 19-year-old ex-boyfriend.

William Christopher Linn died the night of June 2, 2007, when Engleman, then 16, stabbed him in the heart with a knife during a confrontation over Linn's relationship with another teenage girl. His family expressed anguish and outrage over the sentence. Linn's father, William Fralin, repeated "Five years" over and over in apparent disbelief after the hearing ended.

Five years is the minimum possible punishment for second-degree murder. Judge Charlie Dorsey said in crafting the ...

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