[Auntie Mame]

[In 1960] Spanbauer is sentenced ... to 70 years in prison ... . He is released in 1972.

12 = 70. Unbelievable.

[AnnaZ]

[In 1960] Spanbauer is sentenced ... to 70 years in prison ... . He is released in 1972.

12 = 70. Unbelievable

While I was reading I did the math, too. I found the same weird mathematical anomaly... 12=72... interesting.

[theDentist]

"12 = 70. Unbelievable."

You obviously are not a product of our modern Public School system, nor are you versed in the "new math", and there may be some self-esteem issues here too.

[Catspaw]

The judge that sentenced Spanbauer to 70 years could not believe that he was out. He had thought that he was sentencing him to life in prison. While Spanbauer was serving that sentence, the state changed the way they calculated good time & Spanbauer was released.

He terrrorized this area during his crime spree. Amazingly, his parole officer reported that Spanbauer was making progress, had a good job, blah blah blah, and did so a few days after this personification of evil had killed one of the girls.