Both were sentenced Thursday. William Cormier III was convicted of first-degree murder and given life in prison without parole for beating Sean Dugas to death with a hammer and burying him in a concrete-covered pit in Georgia in 2012. Cormiers twin, Christopher, pleaded no contest to charges of hel
Cormier is accused of bludgeoning Sean Dugas, 30, to death with a hammer, burying the body in his father's back yard and selling Dugas' valuable collection of Magic: The Gathering trading cards. Dugas was a reporter for the Pensacola News Journal, which is owned by Gannett Co. Inc., the parent compa
Date: Feb 13, 2014
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Man convicted in killing, burying body in concrete
Prosecutors said William Cormier III was so desperate for money that he sold some of Sean Dugas' collection of fantasy role-playing cards after he killed him in the fall of 2012. Experts said the collection was worth $100,000.
Date: Feb 13, 2014
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Closing Arguments Finish in Body-in-Concrete Trial
William Cormier III was so desperate for money that he sold Sean Dugas' cards to pay for the plastic storage container that became his concrete-encased coffin, prosecutor Bridgette Jensen told jurors.
Date: Feb 13, 2014
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Man convicted in killing, burying body in concrete
In the case, prosecutor Bridgette Jernsen said Cormier was so desperate for money that hesold Sean Dugas' cards to pay for the plastic storage container that became hisconcrete-encased coffin.
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Police: 'Magic' cards stolen from slain Florida reporter
William and Christopher Cormier, 31, of Winder, were charged Thursday in Florida with homicide and armed robbery in the August death of Pensacola News Journal reporter Sean Dugas, 30, said Sgt. James Howell with Pensacola police.
Authorities say they killed 30-year-old Sean Dugas. Dugas worked for the Pensacola News Journal from 2005 to 2010 doing various newsroom jobs including clerk, multimedia reporter, entertainment reporter and crime reporter.
The man has been identified as Sean Dugas, 30, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation medical examiner's office. The body was found Monday encased in a plastic storage container filled with concrete.