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Triple Homicide In Pennsylvania Lands Maryland Man 7 Life Sentences: Usdoj
More than eight years after a triple homicide in Pennsylvania, a Maryland man has been brought to justice, according to ta release by the US Department of Justice on Fiday, July 19, 2024.
Christopher Van Johnson, 36 of Baltimore, MD was sentenced to seven consecutive life in prison sentences by United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner, "who also sentenced to concurrent 10, 20, and 30-year terms of imprisonment on companion robbery, firearms, and conspiracy charges" on July 17, 2024, as stated in the release.
His sentencing was for his role in the execution-style…
PA Man Stabbed Wife Dead With Fire Poker Over Bogus Affair Accusation: Report
A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and subsequently sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his wife to death with a fire poker over unfounded cheating accusations, reports Citizens Voice.
Daniel Barrett, 40, of Plymouth (Luzerne County), beat and stabbed his wife, Mary Barrett, to death with a fire poker in January 2021, on suspicions she had been cheating on him, WNEP reported at the time.
After Barrett confessed to the crime on Jan. 11, 2021, officers executing a warrant at the home found his wife's body in the basement "clearly deceased" and covered with a sh…