Moments before he was sentenced to two life terms for killing Amy Henslee and Tonya Howart, Junior Beebe Jr. addressed the court. (Sept. 13, 2011)
During his sentencing in a Van Buren County circuit courtroom, Junior Beebe, Jr. said his trial was not fair.
A jury has convicted Junior Lee Beebe Jr. in the January deaths of two Van Buren County women.
A jury of his peers will now decide if Junior Beebe Jr. intended to kill Amy Henslee and Tonya Howarth or believe his story that Howarth killed Henslee and he
During a taped interview with a Michigan State Police detective that was played at his double-murder trial, Junior Beebe Jr. said "I still can't believe it
"Mr. Beebe does have a story," Van Buren County prosecutor Juris Kaps said, "and I would suggest to you that's exactly what it was - a story."
Once a jury is seated in the double-murder trial of Junior Beebe Jr., they won't hear him testify, his attorney said Tuesday.
Jury selection begins Tuesday in a Van Buren County courtroom in the case that shook a tiny town in southwest Michigan - the killings of Amy Henslee and Tonya
Complete coverage in the case against Junior Beebe Jr., accused of killing two women and burying their bodies.
A judge ordered Junior Beebe Jr. to trial for brutally killing two women, but not before police revealed new details about the case.
Although Amy Henslee and Tonya Howarth are dead, their bodies may provide evidence leading toward what really happened in the Van Buren County woods Jan. 24.
The next court date for a 34-year-old man charged in the shooting deaths of two women found buried in a wooded, rural area has been pushed back two weeks.
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