LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas bodybuilder and his wife were sentenced to prison Friday over the slaying and burning of their live-in assistant.
Craig Titus, 43, was sentenced to 21 to 55 years. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, kidnapping and arson in the death of 28-year-old Melissa James.
Titus' wife, Kelly Ryan, was sentenced to 6 to 26 years in prison. She pleaded guilty to arson and Nevada's equivalent of no contest to battery with a deadly weapon.
Both Titus and Ryan were originally charged with murder with a deadly weapon in the case.
James' body was found December 2005 in the trunk of Ryan's car outside Las Vegas.
Titus is a 1996 bodybuilding champion and Mr. Olympia competitor, and Ryan is a past Fitness America and Fitness International winner.
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A lawyer for Ryan declined comment. A lawyer for Titus said he is considering challenging the sentence.
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