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Man sentenced to life in prison for killing apartment manager

Saturday, Oct. 11, 1997 | 2:11 a.m.

Lawrence Pepito, 47, was sentenced on Friday for the New Year's Eve beating death of 51-year-old Lawrence Mills.

Mills, a former city manager in Carlin, suffered from multiple sclerosis at the time of his death.

Pepito pleaded guilty to murder with use of a deadly weapon. But under a plea agreement, he can challenge the deadly weapon enhancement that automatically doubles his sentence under Nevada law.

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