A Cudahy woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for stabbing a man to death last year.
30-year-old Rebecca Pekrul had pleaded guilty to a charge of second-degree reckless homicide.
Pekrul’s sister told investigators Pekrul was intoxicated when she invited 35-year-old Matthew Newkirk to come to her apartment.
The sister says she had just turned to leave the apartment after being slapped when she saw Pekrul grab a big knife and stab Newkirk.
The incident happened in West Allis in February 2021.
