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Idaho Man Sentenced For Beating Girlfriend

From Staff And Wire Reports

An Idaho Falls man has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for savagely beating his girlfriend before a passer-by rescued her by brandishing a gun.

“Yours was a very intentional crime. You almost killed that young lady,” 7th District Judge James Herndon told Keith Bonzon, 39, at sentencing Tuesday. “Whatever treatment you’ve had doesn’t appear to have helped.”

Bonzon received seven years fixed for assault with the intent to commit a felony in the Sept. 26, 1996, beating of Wendy Conover of Idaho Falls.

A Bingham County sheriff’s report said Conover was beaten so severely that she was unrecognizable. She was covered in blood and had two teeth knocked loose, witness Kelly Hoffer said at a preliminary hearing last fall.