YANKTON, S.D. (KELO.com) — Stephen Falkenberg the Yankton man convicted of killing his girlfriend and dismembering her body was sentenced this week.
The sentence handed down was life in prison without the chance for parole.
A jury convicted him of murder earlier this year.
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Falkenberg’s lawyer is already planning on appealing.
Prosecutors say Falkenberg and LaFramboise were arguing in her apartment when he killed her, dismembered and dumped her remains.
Her torso was found however her head, hands and feet have not been found.
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