AIDS Virus Carrier Admits He Shot to Death 2 Gays
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS —
A man who said he became driven to kill after contracting the AIDS virus admitted shooting to death two gay men. Jay Thomas Johnson, 24, pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder in the 1991 slayings of former state Sen. John Chenoweth and Joel Larson. Under a plea bargain, Johnson will receive life in prison plus 15 years.
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