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(KSL News) A couple who kidnapped a little girl and beat up her grandmother will spend time behind bars.
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The Salt Lake Tribune reports both Julia Wheelwright and Donald Watters were sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.
In August the pair took Wheelwright's 5-year-old daughter from her grandmother's home and beat up the woman.
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They left Wheelwright's daughter in Wyoming and were arrested after rolling a stolen car in Utah.