Criminal Law
A Man Is Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murdering His Wife in Front of Her Children
A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his wife in front of her two children after luring her to a secluded peach orchard by texting he had been in a wreck, prosecutors said.
Michael Tirrell Means was recently found guilty of murder in Edgefield County, the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office said in a statement.
Means emptied his wife’s bank account before texting her early one morning in July 2019 saying he had been in a wreck, prosecutors said.
When 46-year-old Yumonica Pate Means arrived at the orchard near state Highway 191, they argued outside and Michael Means shot his wife in the head while her children were in her vehicle, authorities said.
