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Priest gets life sentence in cold-case murder of Texas beauty queen

By Reuters
10 December 2017   |   7:30 am
A retired Catholic priest convicted of murdering a former beauty queen who came to him for confession, was sentenced to life in prison by a jury in south Texas Thursday evening, ending a cold case that has troubled the community for nearly 60 years.

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