A 65-year-old Eugene woman was sentenced Friday, Nov. 21, to 20 years in prison after the fatal stabbing of a man described in court by her defense attorney as a “platonic life partner.”
As part of a plea agreement with prosecutors, Cynthia Christine Fletcher pleaded guilty Nov. 7 to first-degree manslaughter in the fatal March stabbing of 63-year-old David James Valentine.
Defense attorney Zara Lukens said Fletcher and Valentine both had “drinking problems,” and that for some 40 years the pair had a platonic relationship…