'This is abomination': Man claimed he loved girlfriend despite nearly chopping her head off, leaving body to rot for days on porch after she 'pushed him too far'

A 46-year-old Montana antheral is headed to situation for the remainder of his beingness aft helium astir decapitated his woman due to the fact that she "pushed him excessively far" and past wrapped her assemblage successful blankets and near her connected a structure to rot.

Shane Levi Cole Roberts was sentenced Friday to 85 years successful situation for the 2024 decease of 52-year-old Genna Rae LaCombe successful Billings. Roberts pleaded blameworthy to deliberate homicide.

Prosecutors laid retired overmuch of their findings successful the four-hour sentencing hearing, according to a courtroom study from section CBS affiliate KTVQ.

Cops responded connected Aug. 24, 2024, aft neighbors complained astir a odor coming from a adjacent apartment. Officers arrived to find a assemblage connected the structure wrapped successful blankets, towels and a ablution curtain. They went wrong to find Roberts hiding successful a closet with a dog. He was taken into custody.

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A coroner reportedly determined LaCombe suffered galore stab wounds including 1 that astir caused decapitation, KTVQ reported.

The grounds Roberts near down was plentiful — namely photos connected his telephone showing his girlfriend's bloodied assemblage successful a bathtub, dated astir 9 days earlier her remains were discovered. Cops besides recovered 2 bloodied knives, a hatchet and hammer.

Then, determination was the telephone telephone helium made to his parent aft helium was placed wrong the Yellowstone County Jail wherever helium reportedly admitted to sidesplitting LaCombe, saying she "pushed him excessively far."

Prosecutors and Roberts' defence lawyer agreed to a 70-year situation term. But Judge Colette Davies tacked connected 15 years to the sentence.

"I'm told that you loved this woman," Davies told Roberts, according to KTVQ. "But this is not love. This is abomination."

LaCombe was a parent of two, her obituary said.

"In summation to her relation arsenic a devoted mother, Genna cherished her hobbies," the obituary said. "She was talented successful arts and crafts, peculiarly coating and beading. She besides had a passionateness for cooking, with her chickenhearted noodle crockery and pork chop chili being household favorites. Genna's emotion for 80s euphony filled her location with dancing — adjacent if her sons did truthful begrudgingly."