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'Beachy Stout' gets life sentence for Tonia McDonald's murder

Portland businessman Everton 'Beachy Stout' McDonald was sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2020 murder of his second wife, Tonia McDonald.
 
McDonald, who will be 70 years old in a few weeks, must serve 28 years and 11 months before he can become eligible for parole. 
 
His co-convict Oscar Barnes, was also sentenced to life imprisonment.
 
Barnes is also to serve 28 years and 11 months before he's eligible for parole.
 
The sentences were handed down in the Home Circuit Court on Thursday.
 
A seven-member jury on March 6 found McDonald and Barnes guilty of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
 
Prosecutors had reported that Tonia McDonald was killed on July 20, 2020, along the Sherwood Forrest main road in Portland after her husband took out a contract on her life.


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