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Criminal

Mar. 24, 2001

Judge Gives Death Sentence to Strangler

RIVERSIDE - A judge sentenced Kim Raymond Kopatz to death Thursday for strangling his wife and 3-year-old daughter with an electrical cord.

        RIVERSIDE - A judge sentenced Kim Raymond Kopatz to death Thursday for strangling his wife and 3-year-old daughter with an electrical cord.
        Riverside Superior Court Judge Charles W. Morgan followed a jury's recommendation in sentencing the 49-year-old defendant.
         Kopatz was convicted of capital murder for killing his wife,...

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