A Cabool man who killed his wife at their business was sentenced Tuesday after entering a guilty plea.
Daniel W. Chapman, 55, received a life sentence for second-degree murder and three years on an armed criminal action count. Both sentences handed down by Circuit Judge Tracy Storie run consecutively.
Texas County Prosecutor Mike Anderson said he was pleased with the outcome.
Chapman, 55, was accused of gunning down his wife, Sandra, in their Cabool convenience store in August 2011.
According to a witness, the Chapmans were inside their gas station on U.S. Business 60, when a gentleman pulled up to the door. He told authorities he took two steps toward the business before he was waved off by Dan Chapman. The witness said the wife ran toward the front door, and he saw Dan Chapman fire a shot at her with a black semi-automatic pistol.
The witness said he heard at least four more shots fired as he ran for safety at a nearby car wash.
After about five minutes, the witness told police he saw Dan Chapman leave the parking lot in a truck. It was the last eyewitness account of Chapman’s whereabouts before his capture later in Colorado. He has remained in the Texas County Jail. Anderson said that the Cabool Police Department with the assistance of the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the U.S. Marshal’s Service was instrumental in investigating the crime.
Chapman was represented by public defender Donna Holden of Rolla.