[erlayman]

There was a very similar story earlier this summer (?) of a 95 year old WWII vet beaten to death in New York that got decent coverage (at least in the Post and Daily News). Not sure what came of it though, whatever the sentence it will never ease the horror of the initial act.

[deks]

Spokane Police release surveillance photos of persons of interest in the homicide of an 88 year old man, occurring in N. Spokane last night.

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[Updates at KHQ - NBC Spokane]

http://www.khq.com/story/23225525/88-year-old-man-assaulted-at-eagles-ice-arena-has-died

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Not sure what came of it though, whatever the sentence it will never ease the horror of the initial act.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Life without parole for craven killer who viciously beat WWII vet to death

The craven murderer of a 95-year-old, WWII vet was sentenced to life without parole today, all the while protesting — despite what the judge called "overwhelming evidence" against him — that he was somehow the wrong man.

"I hope they find who did it," remorseless killer thief Wilfred Matthews announced, bizarrely, given that he'd been caught after the fatal, Upper West Side robbery with victim Peter Lisi's MetroCard in his pocket and the victim's blood on his jacket.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/life_without_parole_wwii_man_who_qCDA6XTq8gUHNI30cMsGfN