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Sherman A1

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Wed Jul 15, 2015, 05:01 AM Jul 2015

Missouri executes convicted killer David Zink

BONNE TERRE, MO (KTVI) – Convicted killer David Zink was put to death by the state of Missouri Tuesday night.

“He was an evil man,” said Sheriff Jim Arnott, Greene County Sheriff’s Department.

Zink was convicted of the 2001 abduction, rape and murder of 19-year-old Amanda Morton. He was on parole for rape when was involved in a fender bender with the victim. Zink told investigators he killed Morton because he was drinking and driving, and feared going back to prison.

Investigators believe Zink was acting out his past crimes when he raped Morton.

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