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'Zombie Hunter' Who Beheaded PA Woman Sentenced To Death: DA 'Zombie Hunter' Who Beheaded PA Woman Sentenced To Death: DA
'Zombie Hunter' Who Beheaded PA Woman Sentenced To Death: DA An Amazon delivery driver by day and self-described "zombie hunter" at night has been sentenced to death.  Bryan Patrick Miller a 49-year-old Arizonan pleaded insanity with a lawyer who used a "Jekyll and Hyde" defense during a trial over the brutal stabbing and beheading deaths of two young women— including a 21-year-old from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, according to Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell. Miller, also dubbed the "Canal Killer", was "found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, dangerous class one felonies, two counts of kidnapping, class two dangero…

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Philly Police Officers Charged With Beating Autistic Man Philly Police Officers Charged With Beating Autistic Man
Philly Police Officers Charged With Beating Autistic Man Two Philadelphia police officers are facing charges for beating a man on the autism spectrum last summer, according to a local news report. The two men charged are brothers: Inspector James Smith, 52, and former detective Patrick Smith, 53, News21 reports. Both were in plain clothes and were off-duty during the time of the incident, the outlet says. The pair are facing criminal charges for their alleged role in the pursuit and assault of a 27-year-old man with Asperger syndrome, a form of autism. On the morning of Aug. 19, the man was chased by the two off-duty officers in a car, into a s…

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by Jillian Pikora