By the time he drove on Southern Boulevard, Notebaert said, his wife was sitting in his lap. The next thing he remembered was waking up in a crashed car next to her body.
'I miss her more than words can express,' Notebaert said during his trial.
But reports showed that the car had hit the canal so hard that it became airborne for around nine metres. Toxicology reports showed Notebaert had twice the legal blood alcohol level and there was marijuana in his system.
'You had a responsibility to get your wife home safely,” said Amanda's parents, Lisa and Mike Stacey, who asked Judge Johnson to give their son-in-law the 'maximum allowable sentence.'
In sentencing Matthew, Judge Laura Johnson said 'this isn't your first chance...you've been to jail before'.
'You failed your wife, you failed your children and you failed all your family that is here today.'
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