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Jan 2023
48m 45s

Rick Ennis - 503

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April 14th, 2022. Montgomery, Alabama. Rick Ennis was convicted of the murder of Lori Slesinski, a young woman who went missing in 2006 and has never been found. Until he was arrested, many people who knew Rick Ennis didn’t know this wasn’t the first time he was convicted of murder.

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