Clara Jassmin Ledward gets 40 years for killing husband’ A 31-year-old woman in Texas will spend several decades behind bars after admitting to killing her husband and then going on the lam for more than two months by fleeing to Mexico. Ector County District Judge Denn Whalen on Wednesday ordered Clara Jassmin Ledward to serve a sentence of 40 years in a state correctional facility for the May 2021 slaying of 24-year-old Jacob Ledward, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show.
Clara Jassmin Ledward gets 40 years for killing husband
Ledward on April 12 pleaded guilty to one count of murder for fatally shooting her husband. Prior to entering the plea last week, Ledward’s jury trial had been scheduled to begin on April 24.
Judge Whalen also credited Ledward with 623 days of time served.
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Officers with the Odessa Police Department on May 14, 2021, responded to a residence located in the 2000 block of East 7th Street regarding requests for a welfare check on Jacob Ledward. Upon arriving at the scene, first responders say they entered the home and found an adult male — later identified as Jacob Ledward — dead after apparently sustaining multiple gunshot wounds.
