EL DORADO, Ark., March 28 (UPI) -- Wendi Cox was sentenced to 60 years in prison for abducting and mistreating horses owned by Southern Arkansas University students.
A jury found Cox, 38, of Haworth, Okla., guilty of stealing five horses, a trailer and horse equipment in the November 2011 incident at the Mulerider Stables on the campus of the Magnolia, Ark., school.
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Deputy Prosecuting Attorney David Butler said the sentence indicates Cox will spend about 10 years in prison.
The emaciated condition of four rodeo-competition horses, found tied to trees two weeks after their abduction, and the slaughter of a fifth angered rodeo enthusiasts across the country, the Magnolia (Ark.) Reporter said Thursday.
