Jury convicts librarian killer

From The Grand Rapids Press: A third Montcalm County man will spend life in prison after he was convicted Monday in the 2001 slaying of Edmore librarian Kathryn Dyer. Jurors deliberated several hours before finding Travis Underwood, 23, guilty of five felony counts, including first-degree murder. The conviction follows guilty findings in June against brothers Aaron and Anthony Chapman. The trio broke into Dyer’s home, but were surprised by her when she returned home. Dyer, 71, was beaten and left for dead.

September 21, 2005 by Uncategorized 3

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3 Responses

  1. leeb says:
    September 21, 2005 at 1:20 pm

    Give the death penalty.
    People like this should be given the death penalty. It certainly is the only fitting punishment for such a crime.

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  2. Fang-Face says:
    September 21, 2005 at 6:30 pm

    Re:Give the death penalty.
    Assuredly such people should be given the death penalty; the difficulty is ensuring that we as a society use capital punishment responsibly and appropriately; and we don’t do either.

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  3. Lis says:
    September 21, 2005 at 9:17 pm

    Re:Give the death penalty.
    We can’t give life to those who deserve more; we should be less eager to take it away, and more mindful of the great capacity of human beings to make mistakes especially when confronted with outrages that make our blood boil, and cause us to see red. The death penalty would be a fitting punishment for some crimes–if it weren’t for the inconvenient fact that we have a lousy track record for applying it fairly and appropriately.

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