Doctor Sentenced to Death
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CLAYTON, Mo. — Dr. John Dale Cavaness, a small-town practitioner in southern Illinois, was sentenced Monday to die in the Missouri gas chamber for murdering his son to collect $148,000 in insurance benefits. Cavaness, 60, was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his son, Sean, 22, in December, 1984.
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