A man who lit a car ablaze with his dead wife inside in the N.C. mountains was sentenced to life in prison Thursday, federal prosecutors in Charlotte said.
Marie Walkingstick Pheasant was found in the burned-out car on Dec. 29, 2013, according to a news release by U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson’s office.
The car was parked near Big Cove Road in the Qualla Boundary of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians …