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Woman sentenced to psychiatric confinement for death of five people

Malyn Pavolka was driving more than 80 when she hit victims’ car
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TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A young woman who pleaded guilty to causing a wreck that killed a family of five has been sentenced to decades in psychiatric confinement.

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The judge sentenced Malyn Pavolka to six years of psychiatric commitment for each of the five deaths, to be served consecutively, for a total of 30 years at the Arizona State Hospital.