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Confession barred from evidence in trial of man accused in Jeannette fatal fire

Brian Rendon arrives at his preliminary hearing escorted by Westmoreland County sheriff’s deputies Aug. 23, 2018. He is accused of setting a fire in Jeannette that killed an elderly woman.
                                Brian Eric Rendon arrives at his preliminary hearing escorted by Westmoreland County sheriff’s deputies in 2018. He is accused of setting a fire in Jeannette that killed a woman and injured her granddaughter.

Two confessions from a man charged with murder in connection with a fire in Jeannette were improperly obtained by investigators, a Westmoreland County judge has ruled.


Source: The Tribune-Review

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