Dunn gets long prison term for murder

August 9, 2007 at 9:46p.m.

MERCER, Pa. — Scott Dunn blamed his years of cocaine use for leading up to the argument in which he “lost it” and killed his 22-year-old wife, Brandi Dunn, on Jan. 14, 2006.

“I wasn’t a man when this happened,” he said, adding he takes full responsibility for the crime and would take it back if he could.

Dunn, 28, of Slippery Rock, was sentenced to 24 years and four months to 52 years in prison today for murdering his wife of six months, then setting her parents’ Grove City home on fire to cover his crime.

Earlier, Dunn had pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, two felony arson counts and one misdemeanor count of abuse of a corpse. Dunn initially claimed he struggled with an intruder fleeing the burning home but later admitted his involvement.

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