Convicted serial killer Kenneth Gleason died by suicide, prison officials say; obscene footage interrupts public hearing on utility oversight

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Just two days after arriving at Angola, serial killer Kenneth Gleason was found dead. Officials called it an apparent suicide. He was 27.

Gleason was arrested in 2017 after fatally shooting two Black men and firing rounds into a Black family's home. He was never charged with a hate crime, but an FBI agent testified that Gleason's internet searches leading up to the killings veered into topics such as White nationalism, genocide and Nazi propaganda.

He was convicted of first-degree murder and recently sentenced to life without parole in a hearing where the judge told him "there's nothing the penal system can do to rehabilitate you."

Lea Skene has the story.

Camp Whispering Pines — a 600-acre getaway for generations of Girl Scouts — has a new owner. The 600-acre forest near Independence was snapped up by a buyer whose identity is something of a mystery. Our reporter James Finn writes about the purchase in this piece.

Obscene footage interrupted a Zoom meeting among state utility regulators, Capital News Bureau chief Mark Ballard reports. "It was unfortunate and disgusting," Public Service Commission Chairman Craig Greene said after the meeting. "Apparently, the hackers have adequate electricity and internet access."

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