A Miami-Dade County judge sentenced Michel Escoto, 42, after a jury convicted him last month of first-degree murder.
Escoto was newly married to Wendy Trapaga, 21, when he strangled and beat her to death in October 2002, prosecutors said.
Escoto initially tried to drug Trapaga during their Key West honeymoon and make her death look like an accidental drowning, but Trapaga complained her drink was too chalky.
He tried to drown her again several days later in a Jacuzzi at Miami’s Executive Airport Motel, but he couldn’t get her to stay under water. More
