Douglas County District Court Judge Paul King sentenced...
Douglas County District Court Judge Paul King sentenced Edward Montour Jr
Douglas County District Court Judge Paul King sentenced Edward Montour Jr. to death for killing a corrections officer last year.
Montour, 36, pleaded guilty to 1st-degree murder for the fatal bludgeoning of Sgt. Eric Autobee, 23, with a heavy industrial soup ladle in the kitchen of the Limon Correctional Facility.
Montour killed Taylor, his 11-week-old daughter, on March 31, 1997, because he "was tired of his wife and child." The baby suffered a fractured skull, a broken right leg, 9 broken ribs, a broken elbow and massive internal bleeding.
Montour, 36, pleaded guilty to 1st-degree murder for the fatal bludgeoning of Sgt. Eric Autobee, 23, with a heavy industrial soup ladle in the kitchen of the Limon Correctional Facility.
Montour killed Taylor, his 11-week-old daughter, on March 31, 1997, because he "was tired of his wife and child." The baby suffered a fractured skull, a broken right leg, 9 broken ribs, a broken elbow and massive internal bleeding.
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- (Sources: Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News, 27/02/2003)