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Jury recommends death penalty for Hertz by 10-2

He was charged with the 1997 murders of Keith Spears and Melanie King

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Guerry Wayne Hertz

After a week of testimony, it took a 12 person jury only an hour to return a recommendation that Guerry Wayne Hertz should face the death penalty for a double murder.
Hertz, along with co-defendants Jason Looney and Jimmy Dempsey, was convicted in 1999 of the murder of Melanie King and Keith Spears that took place back in July 1997 in a home invasion robbery.

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County gets $20M

Money is for economic development to attract two businesses to Opportunity Park

Members of Wakulla Economic Development and some county staff traveled to the Triumph Gulf Coast meeting in Panama City last week.

By JOHN SHUFF
Of the EDC

Wakulla County and Wakulla’s Economic Development Council were awarded $20 million in grants to attract two large Florida manufacturers to Opportunity Park.

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