A Perry man who cut his ailing wife’s throat to “put her out of her misery,” according to investigators, is going to prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.
Richard Hoesing was charged with first-degree murder in the March 2025 death of his wife Jean Hoesing, 74. Prior to her death, she had struggled with multiple medical diagnoses, including multiple sclerosis, family members said.
The case was set for trial beginning March 30, but on Friday, March 27, Hoesing pleaded guilty to a lesser second-degree murder charge. The parties requested immediate sentencing, and the court ordered Hoesing to serve 50 years in prison with a 35-year minimum before parole, effectively a life sentence for the 76-year-old defendant…