Criminal Law
A Washington Man Is Sentenced to Prison After Beating a Pregnant Mother to Death
A Tacoma man who beat a pregnant woman and mother of four to death at their home last year was sentenced to prison Thursday in Pierce County Superior Court.
Ian Sweeney was sentenced to 16 years, five months in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Stephanie Chaipis, The News Tribune reported.
Chaipis, 27, suffered head trauma and a possible skull fracture during the Jan. 10, 2021 attack. The woman was placed on life support and died a week later.
Prosecutors had requested that Sweeney receive a sentence of 14 years, 5 months in prison. Friends and family of Chaipis said that wasn’t enough.
