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Sentencing In Brutal Southern Ohio Slaying

A Scioto County man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for killing a man during a drug deal.Prosecutors say 35-year-old Raymond Linkous bludgeoned and stabbed 24-year-old Felipe Lopez and set him on fire while he was still alive. His two alleged accomplices are scheduled for trial later this year.  

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.