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LAWRENCEBURG MAN FOUND GUILTY IN MURDER OF WIFE
A LAWRENCEBURG MAN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE IN WAYNE COUNTY.  THE TIMES DAILY REPORTS A JURY TOOK JUST TWO HOURS ON THURSDAY TO RETURN A GUILTY VERDICT AGAINST 33 YEAR-OLD DENNIS ALLEN RAYFIELD.  RAYFIELD WAS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE, JULIE POPE RAYFIELD IN MARCH 2012.  THE VICTIM WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER POPE CIRCLE ROAD HOME IN WAYNESBORO.  RAYFIELD WAS ALREADY A SUSPECT IN THE KILLING WHEN HE TURNED HIMSELF IN TO THE LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CLAIMING HE HAD A DREAM THAT HE KILLED HIS WIFE.  THE COUPLE'S 4 YEAR-OLD SON WAS ASLEEP IN THE RESIDENCE AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER.  IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE VERDICT WAS ANNOUNCED, JUDGE JIM HAMILTON SENTENCED RAYFIELD TO LIFE IN PRISON.  HE WILL HAVE TO SERVE 51 YEARS BEFORE BEING ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE.








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