COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Columbus County jury has convicted a man for manslaughter in the Christmas Eve 2012 death of his girlfriend.
Fowler was originally charged with murder. District Attorney Jon David says his office offered a plea deal for second degree murder, but Fowler, 61, rejected it. The jury found him guilty of a lesser charge.
David says a judge sentenced Fowler, 61, to between seven years and nine years five months in prison.
