WOMAN GETS 20 YEARS IN EXXON KILLING

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, January 26, 1993                   TAG: 9301260022
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A10   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: MORRISTOWN, N.J.                                LENGTH: Short
WOMAN GETS 20 YEARS IN EXXON KILLING
The woman who told authorities how her husband masterminded the fatal abduction of Exxon executive Sidney Reso was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for helping in the kidnapping.
Irene J. Seale, 45, was sentenced to concurrent 20-year prison terms on state and federal charges.
U.S. District Judge Garrett Brown rejected defense assertions that Seale suffered from battered women's syndrome, saying she was a "full participant" with her husband, Arthur.
Reso, 57, president of Exxon Co. International, was shot during the April 29 kidnapping outside his home. He was then kept in a box in a storage vault, where he died May 3. The Seales were arrested weeks later and Irene Seale led authorities to Reso's body.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB