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Victim's family testifies before Lee's fate sealed Saturday, December 11, 2004 By Laura Maggi Capital bureau BATON ROUGE -- Convicted killer Derrick Todd Lee was sentenced to death Friday, after the sister of the woman he raped and murdered stood at the front of the courtroom and graphically described the lethal injection procedure, telling him she wants him to "think of the hands of your victims pressing you down" as he is strapped onto the table where he will die. Leaning forward on a lectern and looking directly at Lee, Sam Pace, the sister of Charlotte Murray Pace, used her...

Old clue influences DNA test By DERRICK NUNNALLY and MIKE DUNNE Advocate staff writers Derrick Todd Lee became the chief suspect in the south Louisiana serial killings through the investigation of a disappearance not previously linked to the killer's five known victims, officials from several law enforcement agencies said. The body of Randi Mebruer, a Zachary woman police believe was abducted from her home in 1998, has never been found. But police believe she was killed because of the large amount of blood left in her home. An old tip about her disappearance led officials to recently get a court...