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Mingo County man pleads guilty in murder, stabbing case

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By Lisa Robbins, Reporter - bio | email
Craig Hite -- Source: West Virginia Regional Jail Authority Craig Hite -- Source: West Virginia Regional Jail Authority

A Mingo County man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and malicious assault.

The charges against Craig Hite stem from a 2011 incident that left one woman dead and two others injured, according to police.

Investigators said he stabbed his former stepmother to death. He also stabbed his former step-sister and father, but both managed to survive.

Judge Michael Thornsburg sentenced Hite to 40 years on the second degree murder charge and two-10 years on the malicious assault charge. He will have to serve those sentences consecutively.