James and Barbara Chance being via Zoom on Friday, June 5, 2020.
by: WOODTV.com staff
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A judge has sentenced parents of a man who murdered a woman and mutilated her body in 2018. The two were sentenced for their roles in the case.
Receiving a sentence of one month in jail, was James Chance, 78. He also received a year of probation and house arrest with tether for 11 months for accessory after the fact.
The judge sentenced Mr. Chance’s wife Barbara Chance, to 45 days in jail for accessory after the fact and perjury. She took a plea deal rather than go to trial like her husband who was acquitted of perjury.
The Chance's son, Jared Chance, is already serving 100 to 200 years in prison for killing Ashley Young, 31, of Oshtemo Township. Her partial remains were found Dec. 2, 2018, in the Grand Rapids house where Jared Chance was renting an apartment. Her head, hands and feet have still not been recovered.
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