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Escaped slayer sentenced to 12 prison terms in Illinois
Roy E. Schultz, 42, of Springfield, received 12 prison terms totaling 20 to 200 years for abducting a Metamora family and terrorizing them in a Bloomington motel after escaping July 19. He faces return to Illinois if freed in Kansas. The victims included a pregnant woman and her 5-year-old daughter. the woman miscarried after the attack. Schultz was already serving a life sentence for killing a police officer.
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Wayne Townley Jr
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Will County