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Bangor man sentenced to life in prison for murder
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Friday, May 16, 2008 12:30 pm

BANGOR, Maine — A Bangor man convicted in the beating and suffocation of a friend with cerebral palsy will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

A judge imposed a life prison sentence Friday on 37-year-old Peter Tuller, who was convicted of murdering 47-year-old Michael Demmons in June 2006.

Demmons´ body was found hog-tied with plastic trash bags over his head in an apartment he was sharing with a woman described as Tuller´s ex-girlfriend. The state medical examiner testified that Demmons´ skull was fractured more than 10 times and that 15 of his ribs were fractured two to four times each.

Police found Tuller hiding under a bed in the night of the attack.


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