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‘A depraved heart': Judge sentences man in beating, strangling death of woman outside Gainesville apartment
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Andre Turner is consoled Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Hall County Superior Court during sentencing for Diandre Dryden for the murder of Turner's wife LaTasha Smith. Dryden received life without parole. - photo by Scott Rogers
Days after her former partner was convicted of beating and strangling 34-year-old LaTasha Smith, a woman told the court about the similar abuse she suffered.