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| Dead prisoner killed Saginaw girlfriend with samurai sword in 1979 |
| By mlive.com |
| Published: 01/18/2010 |
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A 51-year-old St. Louis Correctional Facility inmate who died of an apparent heart attack Thursday after stabbing two officers had a history with sharp objects. Saginaw News records show a Saginaw County jury in February 1980 sentenced Leonard P. Riffe, then a 21-year-old Saginaw resident, to life in prison for stabbing to death 22-year-old girlfriend Deborah S. Kempf with a 30-inch Japanese samurai sword after an argument over a lottery ticket in a home they shared at 927 N. Fayette. Twice in 1986, Riffe was charged with possessing prohibited weapons in a prison at the Jackson State Prison. He received an 18-month to five-year sentence and three- to five-year sentence. And on Thursday, state Department of Corrections officials say Riffe died after prison officers placed him in a holding cell after his attack on the two guards. Authorities have said they suspect a heart attack was the cause. Read More. |
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