Man sentenced to 25 years for 2010 strangulation of ex-girlfriend
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James Bruce Agee, 46, pled guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced by Judge Gary Pumilia to 25 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections followed by three years mandatory supervised release.
Oct. 18, 2010, Agee walked into the Criminal Justice Center and indicated to security officers that he killed his ex-girlfriend, Denise Davis. Rockford police went to the home of Davis and found her unresponsive. She was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. The pathologist ruled her death was the result of asphyxiation consistent with strangulation.
First-degree murder is a class M felony with a possible sentencing range of 20 to 60 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections with a three-year mandatory period of supervised release.
This sentence is to be served at 100 percent.
Posted May 3, 2012
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I UNDERSTAND THAT MR AGEE RECIEVED 25YRS,AND ALSO THREE YEARS SUPERVISED RELEASED.I STILL HAVE TROUBLE SLEEPING,AND THINKING ABOUT MY NIECE EVERYDAY. MAYBE I JUST CAN NOT LET GO,BUT THIS HURTS.I REALIZE THAT I CANNOT JUDGE HIM,ONLY GOD CAN,BUT WHAT DOES THIS SAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE THAT COMMIT CRIMES,AND TAKES A LIFE. IS THIS OK? 25YEARS. HAVE THIS GENTLEMAN BEEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW BEFORE? I DO FORGIVE HIM AND I PRAY THAT GOD HAS MERCY ON HIS SOUL. MY HEART STILL HURTS FOR HIS SON. HE HAS LOST HIS MOTHER AND FATHER. THEN NIECE DAUGHTERS,THEY LOST THEY’RE MOTHER.I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY FEELIINGS BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH I MISS HER AND REMEMBER THE LONG TALKS WE SHARED,AND HOW CLOSE WE WERE. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE AND HURT FOR HER CHILDREN. SHE WAS WELL LIKED BY MOST EVERYBODY,SHE WAS A GREAT MOTHER,SISTER,DAUGHTER,COUSIN,NIECE,FRIEND.SHE WILL ALWAYS BE GREATLY MISSED.I LOVE YOU NIECE YOUR AUNTY.MISS YOU