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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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In Lancaster, Ohio, 20-year-old Joe Chamberlin confessed to beating his 6-week-old son to death and fatally assaulting his wife's 76-year-old grandmother, then hanged himself in jail on his second attempt.
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LANCASTER, Ohio (/) - A 20-year-old youth who admitted murdering his infant son and his wife's grandmother hanged himself in his jail cell yesterday. It was his second suicide attempt in three days.
Authorities said Joe Chamberlin confessed beating his 6-week-old son to death because he cried.
While being questioned in the death of his son, they said he admitted he beat Mrs. Elizabeth King, 76, grandmother of his wife Donna, 16, after Mrs. King refused to let him make a long-distance telephone call. Mrs. King was found unconscious in her home last May 17 and died 10 days later. The death had been listed as accidental from a fall.
Chamberlin tried to take his life Friday, slashing his wrists with a hacksaw blade. Yesterday he succeeded, hanging himself with a strip of blanket.
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Lancaster, Ohio
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joe chamberlin hanged himself with a strip of blanket. he confessed beating his 6-week-old son to death and beating mrs. elizabeth king, 76, who died 10 days after may 17.
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A 20-year-old youth who admitted murdering his infant son and his wife's grandmother hanged himself in his jail cell yesterday. It was his second suicide attempt in three days. Authorities said Joe Chamberlin confessed beating his 6-week-old son to death because he cried. While being questioned in the death of his son, they said he admitted he beat Mrs. Elizabeth King, 76, grandmother of his wife Donna, 16, after Mrs. King refused to let him make a long-distance telephone call. Mrs. King was found unconscious in her home last May 17 and died 10 days later. The death had been listed as accidental from a fall. Chamberlin tried to take his life Friday, slashing his wrists with a hacksaw blade. Yesterday he succeeded, hanging himself with a strip of blanket.