{Winfield, West Virginia}...Fifty year old Eric Pauley of Winfield is going to prison after pleading guilty Friday to first degree murder in the September 2011 shooting death of his girlfriend, 52 year old Debra Rosiek. Pauley entered the plea, waived the pre-sentencing investigation, and was immediately sentenced by Putnam County Circuit Judge Phillip Stowers to life in prison with a chance for parole in 15 years. After the shooting, Pauley went to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office gave the deputies the keys to his trailer, told them he murdered Rosiek and that the gun was in his car. The body was found at the Winfield Mobile Home Village. Pauley said in court that Rosiek woke him up in the middle of the night, making him angry, and they started arguing for a few minutes, then he shot her four times, killing her.Friday, September 28, 2012
Putnam County Man Sentenced
{Winfield, West Virginia}...Fifty year old Eric Pauley of Winfield is going to prison after pleading guilty Friday to first degree murder in the September 2011 shooting death of his girlfriend, 52 year old Debra Rosiek. Pauley entered the plea, waived the pre-sentencing investigation, and was immediately sentenced by Putnam County Circuit Judge Phillip Stowers to life in prison with a chance for parole in 15 years. After the shooting, Pauley went to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office gave the deputies the keys to his trailer, told them he murdered Rosiek and that the gun was in his car. The body was found at the Winfield Mobile Home Village. Pauley said in court that Rosiek woke him up in the middle of the night, making him angry, and they started arguing for a few minutes, then he shot her four times, killing her.