Ohio man sentenced in woman's murder, body on tracks

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A southwest Ohio man will spend his life in prison for the murder of a woman whose body was left on railroad tracks to be struck by a train.

Montgomery County’s prosecutor says 28-year-old Joshua Sellers was sentenced today in the September 2011 slaying of 20-year-old Lisa Spinks in Miamisburg.

Prosecutor Mat Heck Jr. says Sellers was sentenced to life without parole, plus 18 years. Sellers had pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, kidnapping, gross abuse of a corpse and other charges.

Co-defendant Jamie Shaffer, 23, pleaded guilty in May to aggravated murder, kidnapping and other counts and is awaiting sentencing.

Prosecutors sought the death penalty for the Miamisburg men before their plea agreements.

Authorities say Spinks was stabbed repeatedly before her body was left on the tracks.