Milbank Man Convicted of Murdering His Wife is Sentenced to Life in Prison

A Milbank man who recently was convicted by a grand jury of Second Degree Murder in the death of his wife one year ago will spend the rest of his life in prison.

Sixty-three-year-old Michael Swan was sentenced Tuesday in Grant County Circuit Court in Milbank.

Swan was recently convicted by a Grant County Grand Jury of killing his wife, 77-year-old Angelina Swan at the couple’s Milbank apartment on October 24th of 2016.

The couple had been residing in Florida prior to moving to Milbank in July of 2016.

Swan was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for parole. It was further ordered that Swan be transported to the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls where he will begin serving his sentence immediately.