Laura Ling
Henry Turner
Summary of Offense:
On April 8, 2005, Stanko killed Laura Ling, his live-in girlfriend, by slitting her throat. He then sexually assaulted a teenage girl in his home. Stanko was on probation at the time of the murder for a previous attack on a woman. The defense argued that Stanko had brain injuries, therefore did not possess the ability to tell right from wrong. Brain scans were even introduced into evidence to prove the brain damage.
Stanko was also sentenced to death on November 19, 2009 for the murder of Henry Turner, whose body was found the day after Ling was killed.
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