An Orange County man convicted of bludgeoning his wife of 39 years to death with a statue, then burning her decapitated and dismembered body in a Ventura County campground was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison.
A jury found Richard Gustav Forsberg, 63, guilty in December of one felony count of second degree murder.
He faces a maximum sentence of 15 years to life in state prison when he is sentenced in February.
According to prosecutors, Forsberg repeatedly bludgeoned his wife in the head with a small statue.
Forsberg told investigators he dismembered her body using a hacksaw, then bagged the body parts in trash bags and stored them in freezers.
Forsberg kept his wife’s body at their home for several days before renting an RV and taking it to Lake Piru in Ventura County, according to Thompson.
Over the next two weeks, Foresberg burned all of his wife’s remains in campground fire pits, Thompson testified.
Friends eventually reported Marcia missing after not hearing from her for several weeks.
When detectives went to talk to Forsberg about Marcia’s disappearance, he too had vanished.
He turned up weeks later at a hospital in Palm Springs after an apparent suicide attempt, according to Orange County Sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino.
7 Comments to “O.C. Man Gets 15 Years for Bludgeoning, Dismembering Wife”
February 1, 2013 at 6:59 PM
WOW MARK MUST OF BEEN A MEXICAN OR BLACK GUY WHO DID THIS CRIME, HUH DUFFUS
February 1, 2013 at 8:31 PM
F u c k y o u and that white guy ,……..LMFAO.I think you might be a Mexican Or Negro,…..LMFAO
February 2, 2013 at 1:36 AM
Get over yourselves, more important topics than race to discuss here.
February 1, 2013 at 9:46 PM
How does that merit only 15 years and not life or even the death penalty?
February 1, 2013 at 10:45 PM
I am confused. Guy kills and chops up his wife and gets 15 to life. Meaning eligible for parole very soon. A guy with child porn downloads on his home computer gets 300 years in prison. America; wake up already. Something is wrong with our sentencing guidelines.
February 1, 2013 at 11:41 PM
Cut his dik off, THEN put him in prison. 15 years is absurd. HANG HIM FROM A TREE.
February 2, 2013 at 10:59 AM
Should have just put a bullet in his head..only 15 years?
So he will get free housing, medical, dental and vision care, education if he so chooses, psych care, gym and other freebies all at taxpayers expense…*shaking head*