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Youth pleads guilty to murder in double slaying
Mitchell Overhand, 17, admitted guilt to two counts of second degree murder and conspiracy in the February killings of his mother Karen Overhand and his father Peter Overhand in Paradise Hills. Co defendant Christopher Plouse, 16, faced related charges as the case moved from Children's Court to district court for adult sentencing. Investigators found the bodies buried in shallow graves Feb. 19. The mysterious tip preceded prompt autopsies showing close range gunshot injuries. Overhand faces 20 to 43 years in prison with sentencing set for Feb. 13, 1989. The Plouse case remains pending.
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Jay P. Thuringer
Observer
Mitchell Overhand
Overhand
Karen Overhand
Paradise Hills
Christopher Plouse
Peter Overhand
Mitchell
Plouse
Todd Heisey
Qverhand
Pleuse
Bernalido County