Just as his trial was set to begin Monday, a Bethlehem man
pleaded guilty to murdering his longtime girlfriend, then
chopping her body into pieces. Now, he will spend the rest of
his life in prison.  William Ward, 46, admitted in court to
slitting longtime girlfriend Trisha Sadler's throat before
dismembering her body and stuffing it into garbage bags inside
their bedroom. The crime happened on Cloverdale Road in June of
2011.  Sadler's family said they never knew the relationship was
abusive.  "We accepted this man into our family, and we had no
idea," said Trisha's father, Michael Sadler.  But just two weeks
before her death, Sadler did tell a friend that Ward threatened
to kill her. When Sadler didn't show up for work two days in a
row, Bethlehem Police came to the couple's home, where Ward
attacked them with barbells after a five-hour standoff.  Monday,
Ward pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, accepting a life
prison sentence with no possibility of parole. When he was
arrested, Ward was on probation fo