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Campbell's sisters. Campbell's mother was complicit in prostituting Campbell's sisters in exchange for money and alcohol when the girls were teenagers, and one of Campbell's sisters became pregnant at age 15. Campbell and his sisters were finally removed from their mother's care after the children entered a bar and begged for food.
198:. All of the charges originated in three different counties. He was sentenced to an unspecified amount of prison time in June 1968, aged 20. He was convicted of the murder of an adult male in the course of a robbery in November 1972. He was regarded by Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien as "the poster child for the death penalty."
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responsible for transporting him, stole her gun, and fled the courthouse loading dock. Campbell then carjacked 18-year-old
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Campbell if the person being pursued was him. After three hours, Campbell demanded that Dials get on the floor of his truck. Dials refused, prompting
Campbell to shoot him twice, killing him. Campbell fled the vehicle before being caught by police shortly after.
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