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Man convicted of killing girlfriend on Maine beach sentenced to 40 years

By CBS 13,

2024-03-27
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A Massachusetts man who was convicted to beating his girlfriend to death on a beach in York has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Jeffrey Buchannan pleaded guilty on March 21 of murdering Rhonda Pattelena on Short Sands Beach in 2021 .

According to court documents, several witnesses called police after seeing a man hit and drag a woman behind the rocks at the beach.

The same witnesses led police to Buchannan as he walked off the beach in what appeared to be blood-soaked pants.

Buchannan and Pattelena were from Bedford, Massachusetts.

Buchannan pleaded guilty earlier this month to murder.

Pattelena was the mother of three boys. Buchannan is the father of the youngest child.

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