An Israeli was sentenced to life in jail for killing his wife in Thailand. Eli Cohen earlier had pleaded guilty to killing and dismembering his wife’s body and then throwing it into a river. Cohen, 37, was arrested Feb. 24 after he filed a missing person’s report at the Israeli Embassy.
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