In 2003 Lezmond Mitchell confessed to the brutal murders of 63-year-old Alyce Slim and her 9-year-old granddaughter Tiffany Lee. Mitchell and his accomplice stabbed Slim 33 times, later slitting the throat of Lee. Mitchell confessed to the murders and dismemberment of the bodies. Kerri Kupec, spokeswoman for the Justice Department said, “Nearly 19 years after Lezmond Mitchell brutally ended the lives of two people, destroying the lives of many others, justice finally has been served.” When asked if he had any final last words Mitchell stated, “No, I’m good.” He was executed by pentobarbital injection.

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The Iga-ryu Ninja Museum in Japan was broken into this week, with the thieves taking the admission money, 1 million yen. Converted to US dollars this is $9,470. The police were alerted by an alarm and arrived to find the safe gone, and with it the admissions of over 1000 visitors. The cameras show a car driving up and a man repositioning the camera to only film the ground. The police speculate that they simply broke the lock and carried the safe out. It was a three-minute job,” said a museum official, “It was planned, they must have scoped us out and singled us out.”

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Thieves weren’t subtle, forcing their way into the museum with a crowbar

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Joseph DeAngelo, known as the Golden State Killer and the East Area Rapist is in court all of this week for impact statements. Surviving victims and their families attended the Sacramento court this week, unburdening 40 years of pain and grief in an attempt to sway the court for DeAngelo’s sentencing on Friday. Victims relayed the horrors of the attacks and how they have been affected since. DeAngelo has admitted to injuring 87 victims in 53 separate crimes across 11 California counties. One of his victims called him “the devil incarnate,” and this was echoed throughout all of the testimonies. He is up for a sentence of life in prison with no possibility of parole.

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Golden State Killer pleads guilty to 13 counts of 1st degree murder

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“Go to hell,” daughter of one of the victims stated in court

Victims describe living in constant anxiety and fear for decades