2010-08-22

At 1:05 a.m., August 22, 2010, Potter County deputies were dispatched to 2001 Las Tecovas on a third party report of a disconnected phone call with Sherri Gillette, 44, and her possibly being assaulted.

When the deputies arrived they could not locate Sherri or any sign of an assault. The deputies heard noises inside a locked garage and were finally able to make entry where they found Paul Gillette, 47.

Sherri was located inside a SUV in the garage, with obvious injuries from an assault. Sherri was later pronounced dead by fire and ambulance personnel.

Paul Gillette was taken into custody and later booked for murder.

Sherri and Paul Gillette lived on the same property and were in the process of getting a divorce. The autopsy performed on Sherri found that she died from strangulation and trauma to her head and neck.

Paul Gillette has been indicted by a Potter County Grand Jury for murder and his trial on that charge is pending.