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Defense wants Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's long-dead father exhumed to prove paternity

Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri, from the development of Jul 25, 2023

Newest development Jul 26, 2023 · 4 reportsJudge rejects a defense request to exhume the body of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's father

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Lawyers for the gunman who killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue have requested a court order to exhume the body of his long-dead father. Robert Bowers’ lawyers said Tuesday that they want the body exhumed for a DNA test after federal prosecutors raised questions about paterni…

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    Defense wants Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's long-dead father exhumed to prove paternity

    Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri ·

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    Judge rejects a defense request to exhume the body of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's father

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  1. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Defense wants Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's long-dead father exhumed to prove paternity (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    PITTSBURGH (AP) — Lawyers for the gunman who killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue have requested a court order to exhume the body of his long-dead father. Robert Bowers’ lawyers said Tuesday that they want the body exhumed for a DNA test after federal prosecutors raised questions about paterni…

  2. The Times of Israel

    Defense seeking to exhume body of Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s father (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Attorneys argue that Robert Bowers suffer from mental illness like father who committed suicide in 1979, note prosecutors casting doubt on paternity to prove need to dig up corpse

  3. The Times of Israel

  4. Fox News

    Defense pushes to exhume body of Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's father (opens Fox News)

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    Lawyers for convicted Tree of Life synagogue shooter Robert Bowers are seeking to exhume his father's body to prove the possible heredity of his schizophrenia.

  5. MyNorthwest

    Judge rejects a defense request to exhume the body of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's father (opens MyNorthwest)

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    PITTSBURGH (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday rejected a request by lawyers for the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman to exhume the body of the defendant's father

  6. Triblive

    Judge denies request to exhume corpse of Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's father (opens Triblive)

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    The federal judge presiding over the trial of the man convicted of killing 11 people at a Squirrel Hill synagogue denied a motion by the defense to have their client’s father’s body exhumed. Defense attorneys for Robert Bowers, 50, of Baldwin, filed a motion Tuesday seeking to have Bowers’ father’s

  7. Triblive

    Prosecutors oppose request to exhume corpse of Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's father (opens Triblive)

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    Federal prosecutors on Wednesday opposed a request to have the body of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s father exhumed. Defense attorneys for Robert Bowers filed a motion Tuesday to have his father’s body exhumed to confirm paternity.

  8. Fox News

    Judge rejects bid to exhume body of Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's long-dead father (opens Fox News)

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    A federal judge on Wednesday rejected defense attorneys' request to exhume the body of Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers' father, Randall, to prove paternity.

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