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Sanders became a suspect in the murders in 1989 after he confessed to his cellmate about the murders of Rima and Marks, revealing details about the murders that only the perpetrator would know. The inmate told authorities about
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521:20th-century American criminals
430:Spokane man held for kidnapping
256:Rhonda Rima and Elizabeth Marks
62:Coyote Ridge Corrections Center
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360:Leads dwindle in murder probe
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