Word: kater
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...Kater Re-Tried...
Another case yesterday brought 50-year-old Brockton resident James Kater, who has been convicted twice of killing a teenager and tying her to a tree in Freetown State Forest, to court for the fourth time in 17 years...
...Supreme Judicial Court overturned 1979 and 1985 decisions that Kater, a former doughnut shop manager, murdered Mary Lou Arruda, 15, because testimony from hypnotized witnesses was used to identify the model and license plate number of Kater...
...There never was any physical evidence that Mr. Kater is responsible for this case in any way, shape or form," defense attorney Joseph F. Krowski Sr. said last night. "All the witnesses were hypnotized by an improper technique used by an amateur hypnotist...
Prosecutors said cigarette butts and tire tracks linked Kater to the murder and that investigators had discredited Kater's alibi. Prosecutors said they may discuss Kater's previous criminal record showing he abducted a 13-year-old girl who also was tied to a tree with a strap around her neck...