𝕌𝕊 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝟛𝟛 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕓𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕗𝕖 𝕕𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔹𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕪

𝔸 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕠𝕥𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝟛𝟛 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕓𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕗𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕕𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝔹𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕪 𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟.

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obert Castillo, 41, who pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder, apologised in court Saturday for killing his wife, Corinna Woodhull, the St Paul Pioneer Press reported. They had been married for about two years and had five children, who are now ages 11 to 24.

Castillo's sister told police she hosted a weekly Bible study at her St Paul home. On the night of March 21, 2023, the couple was sitting on a couch when Castillo whispered something in Woodhull’s ear. After she shook her head, “No,” Castillo pulled out a hunting knife and stabbed her multiple times until his own family disarmed him.

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His attorney, Mark Austin, told the court that Castillo’s last memory as a free man was from early that morning when he got high with a friend and ingested so much he didn't recall what happened afterwards. He asked Ramsey County District Judge Richard Kyle for a sentence of just 25 years, saying Castillo was remorseful.

“I’m taking full responsibility for my actions, even if I don’t recall anything that happened that day due to my … drug-induced psychosis,” Castillo told the court.

Prosecutor Dan Rait said Castillo has a history of hurting people who care about him.

The judge sentenced him to 33 1/3 years. In Minnesota, defendants typically serve two-thirds of their sentence in prison and the rest on supervised release.

Castillo had eight prior felony convictions, including second-degree assault for beating another woman with a hammer in 2014. At the time of the knife attack, Castillo was on intensive supervised release and had a warrant out for his arrest after he failed to show up at a court hearing on charges that he assaulted two correctional officers at the Stillwater State Prison in 2020.

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Members of both Woodhull’s and Castillo’s family urged her not to marry him.

“It’s a testament to the kind of person she was that she went through with it, thinking she could help him,” the prosecutor said. “I can’t believe that she knew her wedding vows would ultimately be her death sentence.”

Woodhull's mother, Linda Castle, said she found divorce papers in her daughter's car after her death.

“She knew it was time to walk away, and that’s why she’s dead,” Castle said.

Castle had a message afterwards about domestic violence: "Women need to understand: Don’t accept this kind of behaviour. It’s not OK.”

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