Evansville Man Sentenced 20 Years Voluntary Manslaughter Wife Stabbing

Fenel Germain was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of his wife, Nerlande Germain-Charles, in Evansville. The incident occurred in 2023 at their apartment on East Michigan Street, where Germain admitted to stabbing his wife multiple times during an argument. The couple's two children were found unharmed at the scene. Germain initially faced murder charges but accepted a plea deal that reduced the charge. His sentence includes credit for nearly two years already spent in jail. Meanwhile, Denaya Harris’s sentence was reduced to probation after pleading guilty to neglect in the death of her two-week-old son, who died from abusive head trauma; the baby's father was sentenced to 10 years in prison.