 This is 930 WFMD and WFMD.com. Now, WFMD News. A Martinsburg, West Virginia man was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for the murder of his wife. According to the Martinsburg Journal, Samuel E. Lineberg was found guilty by a jury for the premeditated murder of his wife, Valerie. Prosecutors say they had argued and he used a baseball bat to kill his wife.