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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Man who killed 8-year-old girl found strangled in prison
2019-03-02
[WKRN] The Office of the State Medical Examiner says an Oklahoma man convicted of murder in the 1997 disappearance of his 8-year-old neighbor was strangled to death in his prison cell.

A report released Tuesday says 59-year-old Anthony Palma died from "ligature strangulation and blunt force trauma to the head" on Jan. 11 in his cell at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

Palma was sentenced to life in prison for the presumed death of Kirsten Hatfield. The girl was kidnapped from her home in the Oklahoma City suburb of Midwest City and her body was never found.

The case remained cold until 2015 when DNA from blood on the girl’s bedroom window and her underwear that was recovered from the yard was linked to Palma. He was convicted in 2017.
Posted by:Fred

#7  Indeed. He seems to have been locked in with a DOC: Descent Ordinary Criminal.
Posted by: Secret Master   2019-03-02 12:35  

#6  ^ ... certainly convinced ^
Posted by: magpie   2019-03-02 10:10  

#5  The convict certainly convicted the "Jury of One" that he was locked in with that he was guilty...
Posted by: magpie   2019-03-02 10:09  

#4  Now, that's a cheery thought, Richard.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-03-02 05:42  

#3  No body. Fifty percent chance they got the right guy.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2019-03-02 05:13  

#2  The Oklahoma Forensics Department has had a less than stellar track record of late, per (Michelle Malkin's 2017 article):
"Costly errors and gross misconduct will continue as long as politicized prosecutors operate with a “win at all costs” agenda and stubbornly refuse to admit their failures. Dark history seems to repeating itself at the Oklahoma City Police Department, home of the late forensic faker Joyce Gilchrist. Known as “Black Magic,” Gilchrist conjured mountains of phony DNA evidence out of whole cloth in collaboration with an out-of-control district attorney over two ruinous decades."
Posted by: magpie   2019-03-02 02:11  

#1  Prolly fell down the stairs and strangled himself. Pity.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-03-02 00:48  

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