State Sen. Cathleen Galgiani: FBI should take over Wesley Shermantine case

Ross Farrow/News-Sentinel

State Sen. Cathleen Galgiani shows a large sheet of paper that convicted killer Wesley Shermantine Jr. mailed her recently, showing the location of Linden-area wells where human remains are located.

By Ross Farrow/News-Sentinel Staff Writer | Posted 3 months ago

State Sen. Cathleen Galgiani says that convicted murderer Wesley Shermantine Jr. writes to her a couple of times a week to tell her where remains of murder victims are located.

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