Rodriguez sentenced to life in prison
Joseph Rodriguez, 85, of Cape Coral was sentenced today to life in prison. He was convicted in November of second degree murder in the shooting death of his wife, Wanda Rodriquez, on June 27, 2007. She was 75 when she died.
Judge Thomas Reese handed down the sentence in a Lee County court early this afternoon.
According to police reports, Rodriguez claimed his wife committed suicide. She was found on her bedroom floor with a gunshot wound to the head.