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Columbus Man Pleads Guilty To Killing His Grandmother

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published December 10, 2013 at 7:24 AM EST

A Columbus man convicted of killing his grandmother is awaiting sentencing. 35-year-old Timothy Smith pleaded guilty yesterday to involuntary manslaughter and other charges for the beating death of 77-year-old Doris Durette. Smith claimed Durette fell and hit her head in August at her Franklin Township home.
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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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