Convicted murderer Wayne Kubsch's bid for new trial rejected

SOUTH BEND — A federal appeals court panel has rejected a bid for a new trial by convicted murderer Wayne Kubsch, who is on death row for a triple slaying in Mishawaka in 1998.

Kubsch was sentenced to death for the murders of his wife, Beth Kubsch, 31; her ex-husband, Rick Milewski, 35; and their 10-year-old son Aaron Milewski, who were found dead in the basement of their Mishawaka home in September 1998.

Prosecutors say Kubsch was heavily in debt and killed his wife to collect on a $575,000 life insurance policy he'd taken out on her.

His first conviction in 2000 was overturned before a second jury in 2005 also convicted him and recommended the death penalty.

Kubsch appealed his sentence, calling it unconstitutional because evidence was excluded.

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