A Far West Side man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with no chance of parole for 18 years after pleading guilty to fatally shooting his wife's boyfriend at a University District apartment.

Robert D. Chenault, 39, of Appleway Drive, committed the crime in front of his 6-year-old daughter.

He faced charges serious enough to carry the possibility of life without parole if convicted at trial, but the parties reached a plea agreement to spare the girl from testifying, Assistant Prosecutor Nancy Moore said.

Chenault pleaded guilty to murder with a gun specification in the June 13 death of 33-year-old Shaun A. Hinebaugh. The sentence, imposed by Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Jenifer French, was recommended by prosecuting and defense attorneys as part of the plea deal.

According to information revealed during Wednesday's hearing, Chenault took the girl to an apartment on West Hudson Street just west of North High Street where he expected to find the girl's mother living with Hinebaugh. He sent the girl to the front door to ask for her mother. When Hinebaugh opened the door, Chenault shot him several times. His wife was not there.

Chenault was in the apartment when police arrived and tried to flee with the girl but was quickly apprehended.

Hinebaugh was taken to Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:49 p.m., less than a half hour after police were alerted to the shooting.

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