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Criminal

Feb. 21, 2001

Jury Says Strangler Deserves to Die

RIVERSIDE - Jurors on Thursday deliberated less than two hours before recommending a death sentence for Kim Raymond Kopatz, who was convicted last week of strangling his wife and 3-year-old daughter with an extension cord.

        RIVERSIDE - Jurors on Thursday deliberated less than two hours before recommending a death sentence for Kim Raymond Kopatz, who was convicted last week of strangling his wife and 3-year-old daughter with an extension cord.
         During Kopatz's trial before Judge W. Charles Morgan, prosecutors convinced jurors that the 49-year-old stood to cash in on more than $863,000 in insurance...

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