DUBLIN, GA - A former nurse in Georgia has been sentenced to life without parole for killing his wife in 2021 after being convicted of murder in March of this year.
The victim, 25-year-old Tiffani Jade Scarborough, was found dead in her home in June 2021. Her husband, 37-year-old Benjamin Lee Whitaker, murdered her, according to PEOPLE.
The investigation began on June 30, 2021, after a welfare check when two of Scarborough's co-workers went to her place when she didn't show up for work. Scarborough, who had been shot, was found dead on the kitchen floor. Following a manhunt, police located Whitaker in the woods in a nearby county on July 1, 2021.
The couple had tied the knot less than two months before she was killed. In court, a video of Whitaker's questioning was shown, in which he was heard telling officers he shot Scarborough because she had been "chastising" him for a "couple of drinks."
"I guess that constant nagging feeling set me off," he told police, as shown in the trial. Whitaker has been convicted of murder, felony murder, and two counts of aggravated assault.
In an online obituary, Scarborough is remembered for being passionate about women's health and being "smitten" with her son. Her family has set up a Facebook page in her honor where they raise awareness about women's health and domestic violence, while fundraising for organizations dedicated to these causes.
At Whitaker's sentencing, Scarborough's mother Julie Scarborough described her as an honest person who was "true to herself."
"Time for us is marked by the time before and the time after Tiffani's murder," Julie said. "The people we were before that day are forever gone."
The victim, 25-year-old Tiffani Jade Scarborough, was found dead in her home in June 2021. Her husband, 37-year-old Benjamin Lee Whitaker, murdered her, according to PEOPLE.
The investigation began on June 30, 2021, after a welfare check when two of Scarborough's co-workers went to her place when she didn't show up for work. Scarborough, who had been shot, was found dead on the kitchen floor. Following a manhunt, police located Whitaker in the woods in a nearby county on July 1, 2021.
The couple had tied the knot less than two months before she was killed. In court, a video of Whitaker's questioning was shown, in which he was heard telling officers he shot Scarborough because she had been "chastising" him for a "couple of drinks."
"I guess that constant nagging feeling set me off," he told police, as shown in the trial. Whitaker has been convicted of murder, felony murder, and two counts of aggravated assault.
In an online obituary, Scarborough is remembered for being passionate about women's health and being "smitten" with her son. Her family has set up a Facebook page in her honor where they raise awareness about women's health and domestic violence, while fundraising for organizations dedicated to these causes.
At Whitaker's sentencing, Scarborough's mother Julie Scarborough described her as an honest person who was "true to herself."
"Time for us is marked by the time before and the time after Tiffani's murder," Julie said. "The people we were before that day are forever gone."
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