Hatfield man pleads guilty, gets life prison term for shooting wife

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A Hatfield man pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing ex-wife before he told police she was missing, and he allowed hundreds to spend a week searching for her.

Douglas Sidie, 39, was convicted in Jackson County of first-degree intentional homicide.

Ten other charges of hiding a corpse and numerous counts of obstructing officers were dropped in a plea bargain.

Defense lawyer John Brinckman said Sidie’s credibility was lost when he lied to police about his wife being missing and he could have gotten a much tougher sentence had a jury convicted him on all 11 counts.

Sidie will still get a life prison term but he can have a chance at a supervised release in as little as 20 years.

And Brinckman says he’ll seek that 20-year time period when Sidie is sentenced. No date was immediately set for that.

Sidie admitted shooting his ex-wife Alisha last Nov. 7 at a home they shared with their twin two-year-old sons.

He then hid Alisha’s body in a nearby wooded area and he led officers to the body eight days after the killing.

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