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Man Gets Life In Prison For Murdering Ohio Couple

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia,
Associated Press
Published August 29, 2015 at 2:20 AM EDT
Ohio Attorney General's Office

One of the suspects charged with robbing, killing and burning the bodies of an elderly Tuscarawas County couple has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. 30-year-old Robert Clark avoided a possible death sentence by pleading guilty to aggravated murder and other charges in the deaths of 88-year-old Doyle Chumney and his 79-year-old wife, Lillian .The couple was found inside their burned-out car in Coshocton County in January. A second suspect, 21-year-old Jeffery Stewart, has been indicted.
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