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Published July 07, 2011, 12:00 AM

Michael Swanson


Michael Swanson, 18, of St. Louis Park, Minn., smiles as he hears the cameras while leaving the courtroom after sentencing at the Webster County Courthouse, in Fort Dodge, Iowa Thursday, July 7, 2011. Swanson will serve life in prison without parole in the Nov. 15, 2010 shooting death of Sheila Myers, 61, of Humboldt, Iowa. He was also convicted of first-degree robbery in the death of Myers. Swanson also pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder and robbery charges in the Nov. 15. shooting death of Vicky Bowman-Hall at an Algona gas station. (AP Photo/Rodney White, Pool)
Read the article: St. Louis Park, Minn., 18-year-old gets life sentence for Iowa clerk slaying