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BOULDER - A judge decided Thursday that a 22-year-old who killed his adoptive mother and grandmother in 1999 should serve a 32-year sentence at a halfway house.
John Engel was 14 years old when he killed his mother, Mary Beth Engel, and his grandmother, Catherine Reinschmidt, inside his Longmont home.
In 2001, he was sentenced to seven years with the Division of Youth Corrections. When that time was up, he was supposed to be sentenced to 32 years in jail, but first, a judge had to review the case.
That happened Thursday.
Engel told the judge, "For the past eight years, I have received intense therapy. I learned a lot about my mental illness. I learned skills to deal with my mental illness and depression appropriately. I'm sorry for my actions eight years ago. I will spend the rest of my life trying to make amends."
The judge placed Engel in lifetime probation.
"But, I really didn't mean to do it!"
I don't get it. He's an animal and deserves to be in a cage. Who is his next victim?
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John Engel was 14 years old when he killed his mother, Mary Beth Engel, and his grandmother, Catherine Reinschmidt, inside his Longmont home.
In 2001, he was sentenced to seven years with the Division of Youth Corrections. When that time was up, he was supposed to be sentenced to 32 years in jail, but first, a judge had to review the case.
That happened Thursday.
Engel told the judge, "For the past eight years, I have received intense therapy. I learned a lot about my mental illness. I learned skills to deal with my mental illness and depression appropriately. I'm sorry for my actions eight years ago. I will spend the rest of my life trying to make amends."
The judge placed Engel in lifetime probation.
"But, I really didn't mean to do it!"
I don't get it. He's an animal and deserves to be in a cage. Who is his next victim?
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