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Judge stymies effort to prosecute serial killer for another murder
Admitted serial killer Coral Eugene Watts may have confessed to killing 12 women in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but those confessions alone will not be enough to try him for the 1974 murder of a college student, a judge ruled.
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Serial killer to stand trial for stabbing death of college coed
Serial killer Watts gets life for 1979 murder
A Michigan judge lamented Tuesday that he could not mete out the death penalty for the 1979 stabbing death of Helen Dutcher during sentencing Tuesday for confessed serial killer Coral Eugene Watts.
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Jury finds admitted serial killer guilty of murder
Confessed serial killer Coral Eugene Watts was convicted of murder for the first time Wednesday after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in a woman's 1979 fatal stabbing.
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Juror removed from trial
Jurors deciding the fate of an admitted serial killer were instructed to begin deliberations anew after a juror was taken off the first-degree murder trial Wednesday.
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Jurors begin deliberations in murder trial of confessed serial killer
On Tuesday, jurors began deciding the fate of confessed serial killer Coral Eugene Watts, who admitted that he murdered 12 women but denied killing Helen Dutcher in 1979.
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Surviving victims testify against confessed serial killer
The Michigan Attorney General's office closed its case for first-degree murder against Coral Eugene Watts by calling three women who narrowly escaped death at his hands 22 years ago.
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Nov. 15, 2004: Surviving victims testify
Nov. 12, 2004: Sketch artist: Drawing looks like murder defendant
Nov. 11, 2004: Eyewitness identifies Coral Eugene Watts as a killer
Nov. 10, 2004: Openings kick off admitted serial killer trial
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Coral Eugene Watts was granted immunity for killing 12 women and assaulting five others, but could be released from prison in 2006 on technicalities. Now the admitted serial killer faces his first murder trial in Michigan for brutally stabbing another woman in 1979.
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The Information
This charging document accuses Watts of the 1979 murder of Helen Dutcher.
Prior Bad Acts
In this ruling, the judge admitted the defendant's confessions to past murders.
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