Man Gets Life Term in Child Rapes, Murders
From Times Wire Reports
Marc Dutroux was sentenced in Arlon to life in prison for a series of child kidnappings, child rapes and murders that prompted sweeping police reforms and a crackdown on child sex crimes.
Dutroux, 47, was convicted Thursday of kidnapping, raping and killing girls and young women in 1995 and 1996.
Dutroux’s ex-wife, Michelle Martin, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the starving deaths of two girls.
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