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Wesley Shermantine, one-half of the 'Speed Freak' killer duo that terrorized California, dies

Wesley Shermantine, one-half of the Speed Freak Killers duo who murdered multiple women in the Central Valley in the 1980s, has died at 60.

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Wesley Shermantine, one-half of the Speed Freak Killers duo who murdered multiple women in the Central Valley in the 1980s, has died at 60.

Original reporting: LA Times, California.

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