Man Gets 100 Years For Murder Of Wife, Sister In 'Mercy Killings'

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - A Southern California man who shot his wife and sister in apparent mercy killings has been sentenced to 100 years to life in prison.

Sixty-three-year-old Lance Anderson was sentenced Wednesday. He was convicted of first-degree murder.

Prosecutors say Anderson shot his 68-year-old wife at their Canyon Country home in 2013 and then killed his 58-year-old sister, who was bedridden, at a Los Angeles nursing home.

Police have said the deaths were mercy killings.

Anderson told investigators that he killed his wife because she had brain damage, breast cancer and other health problems.

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