Lake Ballinger Murder Suspect Admits Killing Girl
The Seattle Times reports that a gang member who killed a 17-year-old girl in Lake Ballinger in October of 2008 will face at least 13 years in prison:
A gang member who killed a Seattle girl in Lake Ballinger at Mountlake Terrace faces at least 13 years in prison when he is sentenced Friday in Everett.
The 22-year-old Edmonds man, Robert C. Langendoerfer, admitted Monday in Snohomish County Superior Court he would be found guilty of manslaughter for the October 2008 killing of 17-year-old Britney Galindez.
The Everett Herald reports prosecutors made a plea deal because of problems with the case that could have resulted in an acquittal.
Witnesses says Langendoerfer stabbed the girl in the neck with a screwdriver and held her head underwater in the lake because he was angry that she threw up on him in a car after a night of drinking.
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