18 March 2010 :

Sussex County Judge E. Scott Bradley sentenced Emmett Taylor III, 47, to death for the Aug. 14, 2007 murder of his fiancee days before they were to be wed. Taylor was convicted in November by a jury in the bludgeoning death of Stephanie V. Mumford, 44. The same jury recommended the death penalty for Taylor with an 11-1 vote on Nov. 5 (see).