Judge orders killer released on compassionate grounds Richard Keech, 89, was serving a life term for shooting his son-in-law to death in Long Beach in 1996. He suffers from dementia... By Victoria Kim In a quiet residential neighborhood in Long Beach 13 years ago, Dick Keech fired four shots at his son-in-law, who lay face-down on a neighbors lawn, bleeding from an earlier gunshot wound. Its all over, he said later to a neighbor who ran out at the sound. He wont bother anyone anymore. On Monday, a Long Beach judge said he would grant Keech, 89, the compassion he...