TOLEDO, Ohio — Editor's note: The above video is from earlier coverage of this story that originally aired on Sept. 1, 2022.
UPDATE: Bryan Coutcher was sentenced on Aug. 24 to 15 years to life for the murder of Betty Shiffler. Plans to file for an appeal of the sentence are in motion.
Nearly a year to the date later, a Toledo man was found guilty Thursday on charges in the death of 56-year-old Betty Shiffler.
A Lucas County jury found Bryan Coutcher, arrested on Aug. 12, 2022, guilty of murder and felonious assault.
Shiffler died as a result of blunt force head injuries, according to an autopsy from the Lucas County Coroner's Office.
A press release from the coroner's office specifically cites "pulmonary thromboemboli (blood clots in both lungs)" related to immobility from sustained head injuries as the cause of Shiffler's death.
Shiffler was pronounced dead at Hospice of Northwest Ohio on Aug. 29, 2022, according to the Lucas County Coroner's Office.
Coutcher was indicted on Sept. 9, 2022. He is due back in court on Aug. 24 for sentencing.
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