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A Southern California doctor who was convicted of strangling his wife and then calling 911 and saying she’d fallen down the stairs was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Friday, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said. E. Scott Sills, a fertility doctor, was convicted by a jury in December of second-degree murder in the death of Susann Sills. An attorney for Sills argued to jurors that Susann Sills did fall down the stairs of their San Clemente home.
Prosecutors alleged that blood stains were found on a wall and curtains in the bedroom where she had been sleeping, and a clump of her hair showed evidence of a struggle. Sills called 911 on the morning of Nov. 16, 2016, and said his wife appeared to have fallen down the stairs, the district attorney’s office said. Evidence showed she had been strangled, prosecutors said. Ellis was arrested and charged in 2019. “Mr.
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