His message for Keen-Warren was brief: May God be with her.Ĭonvicted killer, now married to victim's husband, was long suspected Marlene Warren's son, Joe Ahrens, who witnessed her murder, watched Tuesday's hearing over Zoom. "We're thrilled with the resolution," Rosenfeld said outside the courtroom. Rosenfeld has maintained Keen-Warren's innocence. Prosecutors originally sought the death penalty but dropped it for a life sentence. Either sentence is a far cry from the penalty she could have faced had a jury convicted her of first-degree murder. State Attorney Dave Aronberg said he believes Keen-Warren will serve at least two years in prison. Credit for the five-and-a-half years she has spent in jail since her arrest, plus time off for good behavior under the Florida sentencing laws that existed when the crime occurred, will put her in prison for just 16 months, defense attorney Greg Rosenfeld said. Keen-Warren will only serve a fraction of the 12-year prison sentence she received as part of the plea deal. Keen-Warren has long been suspected of being the shooter but was free until 2017, when she was arrested after new technology helped investigators link her to DNA found in the clown's getaway car. The case was closed on Tuesday when Sheila Keen-Warren accepted a plea deal in the murder of her now-husband's first wife. WEST PALM BEACH - A woman accused of dressing up as a clown and fatally shooting Marlene Warren on her Wellington, Florida doorstep in 1990 pleaded guilty to second-degree murder more than three decades later. Watch Video: Clown with balloons and flowers fatally shoots woman in Wellington
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