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High Court Upholds 2005 Murder Conviction Of Man Who Killed Pregnant Woman In Western Mass High Court Upholds 2005 Murder Conviction Of Man Who Killed Pregnant Woman In Western Mass
High Court Upholds 2005 Murder Conviction Of Man Who Killed Pregnant Woman In Western Mass A Massachusetts court has once again upheld Dennis Bateman's murder conviction for the vicious killing of 21-year-old Brandy Waryasz and her unborn child in April 2005 in Franklin County.  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied Bateman's request for a retrial, the Northwestern District Attorney announced on Monday, July 17.  Bateman was convicted of first-degree murder in 2007 and ordered to serve two life sentences without parole after a jury found him guilty of the strangulation death of Waryasz, who was seven months pregnant, records show. Her unborn child, who s…