Alert Top Story Shelby woman sentenced in death of 72-year-old Hickory man she met at strip club s_johnson Mar 26, 2024 Mar 26, 2024 Updated Mar 26, 2024 0 The Preston Ridge Apartments on Startown Road where 72-year-old Robert Bruce Godfrey was murdered on Dec. 1, 2021. ROBERT C. REED,RECORD Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save s_johnson CATAWBA COUNTY -- A Shelby woman will spend a minimum of 20 years in prison in the death of a 72-year-old Hickory man she met at a strip club.kAmqCJ2?2 $2=J>2C |2CE:?6D[ ad[ A=62565 8F:=EJ E@ D64@?5\568C66 >FC56C 5FC:?8 r2E2H32 r@F?EJ $FA6C:@C r@FCE] $96 H2D D6?E6?465 E@ a_ E@ ad J62CD :? AC:D@?[ s:DEC:4E pEE@C?6J $4@EE #6:==J’D ~77:46 D2:5 :? 2 ?6HD C6=62D6]k^Am Martines kAm~? s64] `[ a_a`[ #@36CE qCF46 v@57C6J H2D <:==65 2E 9:D w:4<@CJ 2A2CE>6?E 2E !C6DE@? #:586 @? $E2CE@H? #@25] sFC:?8 2 4@FCE 962C:?8 @? yF=J `g[ a_aa[ 7@C>6C r9:67 pDD:DE2?E s:DEC:4E pEE@C?6J {2?46 $:8>@? 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