85-year-old Phoenix man gets 9 years for killing son-in-law ‘to protect his wife’

The Brief

  • An 85-year-old Phoenix man was sentenced to nine years in prison for the fatal shooting of his son-in-law during a domestic dispute.
  • Originally accused of murder, Robert Angelo Feola pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the July 2025 death of Karl Derek Thau, 60.
  • Feola claimed the shooting was done to protect his wife during a heated family argument at their north Phoenix home.

PHOENIX An 85-year-old Phoenix man was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in prison for the fatal shooting of his son-in-law during a domestic dispute last summer.

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