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Frankie E. Lane must serve 85 percent of the sentence under the No Early Release Act, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.
On June 11, 2021, Atlantic City Police responded to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City for a report of a woman suffering from multiple stab wounds.
The victim was found dead in a hotel room with a sheet covering her body and a knife on top of the sheet, the prosecutor said.
She was later identified as Sharon Whaley, 57, also of Philadelphia.
The victim’s boyfriend, Lane, was seen on surveillance footage wearing clothing later found in a bag that had been tossed in a trash can in Atlantic City, the prosecutor said.
Lane was seen leaving the hotel with the bag but did not have it with him at the Atlantic City bus terminal, where security footage showed him traveling back to Philadelphia.
Lane was located and surrendered to law enforcement a few days later.
Whaley’s surviving family members spoke to the sentencing and fondly remembered their loved one.
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