Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Mark Becker Guilty In Coach Murder

((HT: KCRG-TV))

Mark Becker was found guilty of first-degree murder today in the shooting death of Aplington-Parkersburg ((IA)) high school football coach Ed Thomas last June. It was a unanimous verdict after 25 hours of deliberation over five days.

Here's the reaction as the verdict was read in the Allison, Iowa courtroom...


Becker's mother, Joan, spoke about her son as he went from being the son she knew to a son battling mental illness. She said her son could have never killed Thomas "in his sane mind."
"The system failed him miserably," she said.

Here's the rest of her brief statement...


Sentencing for Becker has been set for April 14th at 10AM local time...

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