Killer gets 32 years in lover's death
Dorothy Haines, 24, an exotic dancer with a history of mental illness, was sentenced to 27 years in prison for the aggravated manslaughter of her lover, Suzanne Stiehl, plus another 5 years for hindering her own apprehension. The strangling and dismembering of her girlfriend occured in an Ocean City rooming house last December. Haines, a short heavyset redhead, was saved from facing a murder trail by her mental illness history. She apologized to the victim's mother and brothers sitting in the courtroom, then told Superior Court Judge Raymond Batten she does not belong in prison. "I'd probably be better off in a mental institution." Prosecutors began investigating Stiehl's death after a construction worker found a severed hand and foot behind a building in Atlantic City on Dec. 20. In January Stiehl's head was found in the woods near Route 9 in Pleasantville. Press of Atlantic City
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