The 55-year-old man who admitted to fatally strangling his ex-wife in her Bonney Lake area home was sentenced Friday to nearly 29 years in prison. The murder came after years of threats against the woman’s life while she sought legal intervention, court records show.
Ronald Eugene Krier pleaded guilty to domestic violence first-degree murder and two counts of violating a no-contact order last month in Pierce County Superior Court. He pleaded guilty just as his trial was getting started with jury selection.
Judge Philip Thornton sentenced the defendant Jan. 30, handing Krier a punishment at the high end of the standard sentencing range, 28 years, 11 months…