Woman Guilty In Shoving Death

ASTORIA, Ore. - Linda Jean Stangel, who said she was lying when she confessed to shoving her boyfriend off a 320-foot cliff, has been convicted of manslaughter and faces at least six years in prison.

Stangel, 23, of Walker, Minn., originally claimed that David Wahl, 27, of Tualatin, vanished while on a walk at Ecola State Park on Nov. 12, 1995, while she slept in his van.

Stangel later changed her story and confessed to killing Wahl. She said he had tried to scare her with a push on the cliff, and she shoved back, accidentally sending him to his death.

She then recanted and claimed police had forced her to lie.