Evansville man gets 110 years for killing wife, another man

<p>EVANSVILLE, Ind. &mdash; An Evansville man convicted of fatally stabbing his estranged wife and her ex-husband has been sentenced to 110 years in prison.</p>
<p>Ernest Lee Douglas, 48, learned his punishment Wednesday after a jury on March 12 convicted him on two counts of murder.</p>
<p>Police conducting a welfare check found the bodies Satanna Kendle-Douglas and Donte Meriwether, both 43, in the woman’s Evansville apartment on Aug. 19, 2019, The <a href="https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/crime/2021/03/31/evansville-man-receives-110-year-sentence-double-murder-conviction/4827000001/"> Evansville Courier &amp; Press</a> reported.</p>
<p>The Vanderburgh County Coroner determined they died of multiple stab wounds.</p>
<p>Kendle-Douglas had asked police to bar her estranged husband from her apartment following an altercation between Douglas and Meriwether two months earlier. </p>
<p>Neighbors told police they saw a man leave the apartment covered in blood. </p>
<p>A neighbor reported seeing a man arrive and leave in a gray SUV. Police discovered evidence of blood in a gray SUV owned by Douglas, a probable cause affidavit said. </p>