Executed Veteran Buried With Honors
From Times Wire Reports
A decorated Vietnam War veteran who was executed in California last week for murdering an elderly woman was laid to rest with military honors in his hometown, Wareham, Mass. About 75 people attended the ceremony for Manuel Babbitt. Babbitt, who served with the Marines through the bloody 77-day siege of Khe Sanh in 1968, was sentenced to die for killing Leah Schendel in 1980. Babbitt’s supporters said he was out of his mind the night he attacked the 78-year-old woman.
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