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Craig Spitz

United States · Aged 42 · Died 05/17/2010
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With reported mental health issues, ex-hotel employee Spitz targeted and took a hostage from his former workplace, bound him, and shot him, with plans to conduct a mock trial and torture him to death. Spitz fled the hotel before deputies arrived. They found his car and fatally shot him as he handled a weapon. His victim survived the incident although paralyzed.

Alleged responsible partyLee County Sheriff's OfficeReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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