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Convicted killer seeks parole
Murdered estranged wife in 1990
Updated: Monday, 08 Oct 2012, 6:12 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 08 Oct 2012, 11:25 AM EDT
CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) – A Rhode Island man who’s been behind bars for two decades for stabbing and slashing his estranged wife 52 times will go before the state parole board later this month.
According to The Providence Journal , parole board members will revisit the case of Frank Moniz; seven years after they refused to release him when he first appeared before them.
Moniz is serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole for the murder of Maryellen Medeiros.
Moniz killed the 24-year-old in her Pawtucket apartment in 1990.
Relatives of Medeiros say they’re upset Moniz is eligible for parole again and that he blamed the killing on an epileptic seizure.
Moniz’s lawyer says his client has worked to rehabilitate himself and the Medeiros family has nothing to fear from him.
The state parole board is scheduled to hear Moniz’s plea Oct. 22.
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