Crime & Safety
Union County Mass Murderer Avoids Death Penalty in PA: Report
A Union County man who claims the devil made him murder random victims in Elizabeth and PA avoids the death penalty for PA crimes: report
ELIZABETH, NJ — A Union County man who claims the devil made him murder random victims in Elizabeth and the Lehigh Valleywill avoid the death penalty in Pennsylvania, according to lehighvalleylive.com.
Todd West, 24, of Elizabeth, who is charged with seven killings — four in Elizabeth and three in the Lehigh Valley, Pa.
He was tried in the Pennsylvania cases first and pleaded guilty on Thursday morning in Lehigh County Court to three counts of first-degree murder in a deal that gave him three consecutive life sentences without the chance of parole, according to lehighvalleylive.com.
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He has yet to be tried in Union County for his murders in Elizabeth.
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