LEWISBURG, W.Va. – A man who recently pled guilty to killing his newlywed wife during a Thanksgiving Day altercation in 2022 will be sentenced on Friday in Greenbrier County Circuit Court.
Zachary Hess Dawson, 37, confessed to the beating death of his new wife, Marissa Dawson, in Alderson just one month after they were married.
According to previous reports, the victim was the mother of five children and Zachary Dawson admitted to the beating, which started after an argument on Thanksgiving night. Her children were not at home at the time of the murder.
Dawson was arrested the day after Thanksgiving driving Marissa Dawson’s car in Lewisburg and told police at the time that he had killed his wife.
Dawson faces up to 40 years in prison and his sentencing is set for 10 a.m. on Friday.
He remains incarcerated at Southern Regional Jail with no bond.
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