He Strangled His Wife to Be with a Mistress. In Court, His Daughter and Son Took Opposite Sides

Kevin West was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2024 killing of his wife

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  • Kevin West was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2024 killing his wife
  • West was a former battalion chief with the Camas-Washougal Fire Department
  • “You were too busy with your mistress to give us the attention we needed,” his daughter said during sentencing

A former fire department battalion chief was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday, Feb. 27, for killing his wife so he could continue a relationship with his mistress.

In January, Kevin West, 52, who served with the Camas-Washougal Fire Department, was found guilty by a Clark County, Wash., jury of first and second-degree murder in the 2024 strangling death of his 48-year-old wife Marcy West.

At West’s sentencing hearing, two of West’s children spoke out in statements to the court about their father…

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