Man sentenced to 22 years in 1997 killing of his wife
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) – A 16-year-old cold case in Chattanooga is closed and a man will serve 22 years in prison after being convicted of murdering his wife in 1997.
Multiple news sources report Adolphus Hollingsworth was sentenced by a Hamilton County judge Monday in the death of Vicky Carr Hollingsworth. Adolphus Hollingsworth was found guilty of second-degree murder in January.
Prosecutors said in Hollingsworth’s trial in January he stabbed his wife in the neck as she took him to work. Her body was found in East Chattanooga in 1999, wrapped in plastic and buried under tires.
The case was reopened in 2013 with the help of the television show “Cold Justice.” The show paid for additional DNA testing and a match was found for Vicki Carr Hollingsworth’s blood. Police then arrested Adolphus Hollingsworth.
