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Tomahawk area woman convicted of a reduced charge in the death of her husband

Michelle Sanderson
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
Michelle Sanderson

A Tomahawk area woman has entered a plea to a reduced charge in the stabbing death of her husband.

45-year-old Michelle Sanderson pled no contest to a count of first-degree reckless injury.

She had originally been charged with first degree reckless homicide in the stabbing death of her husband in the Lincoln County Town of Bradley.

50-year-old Richard ‘Ricky’ Sanderson died in January of 2025 at a hospital in Tomahawk.

He had been taken there after a report of a man who had been injured in his chest and had shortness of breath.

Michelle Sanderson is to be sentenced February 15th in Lincoln County Circuit Court.

John Burton is the WXPR Morning Edition Host.
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