A 47-year-old Texas man was sentenced to prison for the murder of his wife in 2021 at a south Austin hotel, according to court and police records.
Michael Wells pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday, according to court documents.
APD identified the victim as Amanda Morris.
In 2021, APD said police responded to the 4200 block of the S. Interstate 35 service road in south Austin after a man called 911 to report Morris was dead.
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Wells reportedly told the dispatcher he had killed her, APD said.
When officers got to their hotel room, they found Morris with “obvious trauma” to her body, APD said. That’s when Wells turned himself over to police. He was taken to the APD Homicide Unit office and interviewed.
Wells has a 973-day jail credit and is currently in the Travis County Correctional Complex, according to jail records.
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