 There's some speculation the trial came to an unusually swift conclusion to perhaps clear the way for a swap between Moscow and Washington. Tom Rivers, ABC News, at the Foreign Desk. Back in green country, a man who killed his girlfriend with a hammer will spend 20 years in prison. A judge sentencing Harvey Murphy earlier this week. Murphy confessed to killing his girlfriend, 52-year-old Kimmy Jo Stipes, inside their home in Mays County in 2019. He admitted to being under the influence of meth at the time.