Ex-lover gets 40- to 80-year term in shovel murder

Stephen Shappell tells victim’s family he doesn’t deserve to be forgiven  By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Stephen Shappell will spend 40 to 80 years in prison for the 2010 homicide of his boss, who was also his ex-lover’s husband. He believed her when she said the only obstacle to their lifelong happiness was her husband. And even after Stephen Shappell sat behind...