Tara Anderson Sentenced to 55 Years for Killing Ex-Boyfriend

Granite City woman sentenced 55 years in murder of ex-boyfriend

A Granite City woman convicted of killing her ex-boyfriend has been sentenced to 55 years in prison.

Tara Anderson Sentenced to 55 Years for Killing Ex-Boyfriend

EDWARDSVILLE — Tara Anderson was sentenced Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, to 55 years in prison for fatally shooting her ex-boyfriend, Phillip Armstrong of Granite City, as he loaded a car onto a trailer after their breakup.Anderson must serve 100 percent of the sentence for the Sept. 24, 2023, killing. She had invited Armstrong over to retrieve a car, then went into her residence, grabbed a .45-caliber handgun and returned outside, where she shot him. …

Woman Convicted of Killing Boyfriend From 100 Feet Away Learns Her Sentence

NewsFinale NewsFinale Journal Insets: Tara Anderson (Madison County Jail) and Phillip Armstrong (Barry Wilson Funeral Home). Background: The 100 block of Madison Avenue in Granite City, Illinois, where Anderson shot and killed Armstrong (Google Maps). An Illinois woman has been sentenced to more than five decades in prison for killing her former boyfriend after firing a shot she […]