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KINGWOOD, W.Va. – Sentences have been handed down in Preston County in the 2019 murder and robbery of Phillip “Buckie” Barlow. Robert Quinn, 45, and Laura Martin, 38, both of Tunnelton, entered guilty pleas and will each serve 15 years for the first degree murder charge and 180 years for robbery consecutively.
The investigation began when Barlow did not report to work. His partially burned truck was found near Shower Bath Road about one week later.
Barlow’s was found later with a deep throat laceration near the Fortney’s Mill area.