A judge has sentenced a local man in a murder case.
CLAY COUNTY, Ind. (WTHI) - A judge has sentenced a local man in a murder case.
Jesse Mathews has received a sentence for 70 and a half years. This is on charges of murder and abuse of a corpse, in addition to a habitual offender enhancement.
This case involves the killing of Virginia 'Dee' Myrtle in 2016. She was found dead in her Staunton, Indiana home.
A jury found Mathews guilty in September.
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| County | Cases | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Cook | 433089 | 9005 |
| DuPage | 68737 | 1145 |
| Will | 57945 | 867 |
| Lake | 53068 | 884 |
| Kane | 45704 | 675 |
| Winnebago | 26161 | 407 |
| Madison | 24144 | 462 |
| St. Clair | 22065 | 424 |
| McHenry | 21498 | 248 |
| Champaign | 15349 | 96 |
| Peoria | 14905 | 239 |
| Sangamon | 14469 | 234 |
| McLean | 13143 | 159 |
| Tazewell | 11860 | 242 |
| Rock Island | 11834 | 302 |
| Kankakee | 11431 | 179 |
| Kendall | 9616 | 78 |
| LaSalle | 9392 | 247 |
| Macon | 8775 | 179 |
| Vermilion | 7447 | 112 |
| DeKalb | 7415 | 92 |
| Adams | 7304 | 117 |
| Williamson | 6146 | 116 |
| Boone | 5523 | 77 |
| Whiteside | 5243 | 173 |
| Clinton | 4989 | 85 |
| Coles | 4690 | 80 |
| Ogle | 4582 | 71 |
| Knox | 4577 | 140 |
| Grundy | 4339 | 54 |
| Effingham | 4298 | 68 |
| Jackson | 4156 | 67 |
| Henry | 3996 | 76 |
| Marion | 3958 | 111 |
| Franklin | 3820 | 68 |
| Macoupin | 3810 | 94 |
| Randolph | 3704 | 68 |
| Livingston | 3624 | 66 |
| Monroe | 3545 | 70 |
| Stephenson | 3499 | 74 |
| Jefferson | 3409 | 104 |
| Morgan | 3241 | 89 |
| Woodford | 3172 | 66 |
| Logan | 3075 | 56 |
| Montgomery | 3031 | 41 |
| Lee | 3024 | 72 |
| Bureau | 2996 | 84 |
| Christian | 2974 | 73 |
| Fayette | 2898 | 53 |
| Perry | 2663 | 60 |
| Iroquois | 2577 | 56 |
| Fulton | 2544 | 49 |
| Jersey | 2194 | 56 |
| Lawrence | 2167 | 30 |
| McDonough | 2132 | 51 |
| Saline | 2014 | 53 |
| Douglas | 1986 | 33 |
| Union | 1973 | 32 |
| Shelby | 1961 | 35 |
| Crawford | 1753 | 34 |
| Cass | 1747 | 31 |
| Bond | 1731 | 24 |
| Warren | 1580 | 43 |
| Pike | 1539 | 46 |
| Richland | 1527 | 44 |
| Wayne | 1503 | 43 |
| Jo Daviess | 1481 | 24 |
| Hancock | 1469 | 33 |
| Clark | 1465 | 29 |
| Washington | 1443 | 25 |
| Edgar | 1427 | 53 |
| Carroll | 1423 | 33 |
| Ford | 1380 | 49 |
| Moultrie | 1364 | 28 |
| White | 1325 | 30 |
| Clay | 1309 | 39 |
| Greene | 1252 | 42 |
| Johnson | 1211 | 15 |
| Mercer | 1167 | 29 |
| Piatt | 1167 | 16 |
| Wabash | 1164 | 14 |
| Mason | 1162 | 40 |
| De Witt | 1135 | 27 |
| Cumberland | 1075 | 27 |
| Jasper | 1038 | 16 |
| Massac | 1014 | 30 |
| Menard | 868 | 10 |
| Hamilton | 714 | 16 |
| Marshall | 662 | 13 |
| Schuyler | 617 | 16 |
| Pulaski | 609 | 3 |
| Brown | 607 | 11 |
| Stark | 494 | 20 |
| Edwards | 460 | 9 |
| Henderson | 451 | 16 |
| Calhoun | 437 | 4 |
| Alexander | 388 | 7 |
| Gallatin | 385 | 4 |
| Scott | 373 | 1 |
| Putnam | 345 | 2 |
| Hardin | 301 | 8 |
| Pope | 243 | 2 |
| Unassigned | 110 | 0 |
| Out of IL | 33 | 0 |
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| County | Cases | Deaths |
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| Marion | 81558 | 1297 |
| Lake | 44306 | 666 |
| Allen | 31919 | 541 |
| Hamilton | 28371 | 304 |
| St. Joseph | 26766 | 371 |
| Elkhart | 24098 | 341 |
| Vanderburgh | 18643 | 213 |
| Tippecanoe | 17422 | 121 |
| Johnson | 14496 | 284 |
| Porter | 14399 | 160 |
| Hendricks | 13870 | 241 |
| Madison | 10561 | 212 |
| Vigo | 10483 | 171 |
| Clark | 10240 | 130 |
| Monroe | 9076 | 108 |
| Delaware | 8836 | 132 |
| LaPorte | 8771 | 155 |
| Howard | 7897 | 138 |
| Kosciusko | 7872 | 77 |
| Warrick | 6438 | 90 |
| Hancock | 6387 | 97 |
| Bartholomew | 6266 | 94 |
| Floyd | 6150 | 105 |
| Wayne | 5933 | 157 |
| Grant | 5818 | 110 |
| Dubois | 5443 | 72 |
| Boone | 5343 | 67 |
| Morgan | 5162 | 91 |
| Marshall | 4941 | 84 |
| Henry | 4936 | 64 |
| Cass | 4717 | 60 |
| Noble | 4605 | 57 |
| Dearborn | 4584 | 44 |
| Jackson | 4147 | 45 |
| Shelby | 4021 | 79 |
| Lawrence | 3805 | 75 |
| Clinton | 3645 | 39 |
| Gibson | 3565 | 56 |
| DeKalb | 3373 | 63 |
| Montgomery | 3348 | 51 |
| Harrison | 3285 | 42 |
| Knox | 3278 | 39 |
| Miami | 3098 | 43 |
| Steuben | 3063 | 40 |
| Adams | 2952 | 35 |
| Whitley | 2941 | 25 |
| Wabash | 2930 | 45 |
| Ripley | 2923 | 45 |
| Putnam | 2848 | 47 |
| Huntington | 2835 | 57 |
| Jasper | 2824 | 33 |
| White | 2675 | 38 |
| Daviess | 2616 | 72 |
| Jefferson | 2507 | 38 |
| Fayette | 2423 | 48 |
| Decatur | 2421 | 82 |
| Greene | 2333 | 60 |
| Posey | 2323 | 26 |
| Wells | 2294 | 47 |
| LaGrange | 2241 | 61 |
| Clay | 2179 | 32 |
| Scott | 2169 | 37 |
| Randolph | 2083 | 40 |
| Jennings | 1925 | 35 |
| Sullivan | 1890 | 31 |
| Spencer | 1819 | 17 |
| Fountain | 1797 | 25 |
| Washington | 1771 | 18 |
| Starke | 1713 | 41 |
| Jay | 1628 | 21 |
| Owen | 1595 | 37 |
| Fulton | 1592 | 29 |
| Carroll | 1521 | 15 |
| Orange | 1514 | 33 |
| Rush | 1499 | 18 |
| Perry | 1472 | 27 |
| Vermillion | 1449 | 33 |
| Franklin | 1434 | 33 |
| Parke | 1290 | 8 |
| Tipton | 1282 | 32 |
| Pike | 1136 | 25 |
| Blackford | 1075 | 22 |
| Pulaski | 952 | 37 |
| Newton | 894 | 21 |
| Brown | 855 | 30 |
| Benton | 843 | 10 |
| Crawford | 757 | 9 |
| Martin | 700 | 13 |
| Warren | 658 | 7 |
| Switzerland | 620 | 5 |
| Union | 611 | 3 |
| Ohio | 467 | 7 |
| Unassigned | 0 | 374 |
