LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man pled guilty to a murder charge on Wednesday, after a woman was stabbed to death in the Beechmont neighborhood in 2021.

Lamon L. Greene, was charged with murder in connection to the killing of Melinda Goosby, 46, on Southern Parkway. Greene was found at the scene. 

Greene received a 30-year sentence for the charge, according to a news release.

"Our community is always safer when those who would seek to do others harm are off the streets," Louisville's chief prosecutor, Commonwealth's Attorney Gerina D. Whethers said in a news release. "Our pursuit of justice for victims and their families who suffer as a consequence of terrible crimes is unwavering."

According to a news release, Greene and Goosby were in a dating relationship. 

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