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Man confesses to rape, murder
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Thursday, June 26, 2003
Jonathan Carpenter pleaded guilty to three counts of first degree murder and was sentenced to three consecutive life terms without the chance for parole,Tuesday in a Todd County courtroom.
Carpenter described in gruesome detail his and co-defendant Christopher Earl's horrific crimes. Carpenter told the court he raped and killed Katie Zapzalka and Earl killed Zapzalka's brother Jerrod and their mother. The two 20-year-old men were indicted on 10 counts of aiding and abetting first-degree murder. Seven counts against Carpenter were dismissed in agreement with the terms of the plea. Both men are still accused of killing an elderly Minneapolis man and his daughter 11 days prior to the murder of the Zapzalka children and their mother.
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