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Woman Pleads Guilty To Killing Boyfriend In Cemetery

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WEST MICHIGAN (AP) – A woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend during an argument in a West Michigan cemetery has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

Christina Kipkorir faces up to life in prison.

The 33-year-old Kipkorir told police that she stabbed 67-year-old Robert Shields in self-defense last June in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Sentencing is scheduled for next month.

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