NEW INFO: Rhinelander Woman Gets 10-Years for Role in Tomahawk Murder

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Updated: 8:18 PM Jun 26, 2009

NEW INFO: Rhinelander Woman Gets 10-Years for Role in Tomahawk Murder

20-year-old Heather Ward will spend 5-years in prison and 5-on extended supervision. She was sentenced Friday morning for a felony murder conviction in the death of Tracy Maurer of Tomahawk.

Posted: 8:29 AM Jun 26, 2009
Reporter: WSAW Staff

Rhinelander Woman Gets 10-Years For Role in Tomahawk Murder

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20-year-old Heather Ward of Rhinelander will spend 5-years in prison and 5-on extended supervision.

A court spokeswoman says she was sentenced Friday morning in Lincoln County. Judge Glenn Hartley passed the sentenced.

In March, Ward pleaded no contest to party to felony murder in the death of Tracy Maurer of Tomahawk.

Investigators say Ward and 17-year-old Katie Decker helped Seth Louis break into 42-year-old Maurer's home in April of 2007.

Decker pleaded no contest to recklessly endangering safety in April and was sentenced to 5-years probation.

Louis pleaded guilty to stabbing and killing Mauer during the break-in. He's serving a life prison sentence with a chance at parole after 48-years and 9-months.

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