Sorry the posts have been borderline lame of late (and I’m probably being generous with the borderline part), but I always know I can count on the people of northwest Ohio to break me out of a blogging slump. Defendant claims his clone shot youth.
OTTAWA, Ohio - In another day of bizarre testimony, a Putnam County sheriffs deputy recounted how Marvin Martin II told him it was his clone, not him, who killed 15-year-old Charles Breckler.
Deputy Harry Berger told the court he met with Mr. Martin and his parents several times between May 9, when young Breckler was shot to death, and Aug. 2, when Mr. Martin was arrested. The deputy said Mr. Martin claimed he had been cloned three times while he was in the Army, and he and the clones were part of a death squad.
So Marvin's story is just a re-hash of old X-Files episodes? Come on Marvin you can do better.
Joshua Benton is the director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, among other things. Before that, he was a staff writer and columnist for The Dallas Morning News. (More.)
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