Sentencing underway for Jimmie Ledbetter

CANTON, S.D. (KELO) – A Sioux Falls man who killed his wife will learn his fate Tuesday.Jimmie Ledbetter is being sentenced for first-degree manslaughter.

He strangled Angie Scholl in October of 2024, not long after she’d filed for divorce. The sentencing hearing got underway Tuesday morning at the Lincoln County Courthouse.

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The judge heard from Scholl’s sons, brother, mother and other family members.

KELOLAND’s Sydney Hoier is in the courtroom for the proceedings and will bring us a full report Tuesday on KELOLAND News…

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