A man accused of posing as a trick-or-treater and hacking his pregnant ex-wife to death with a machete on Halloween 1984 has been convicted in the brutal slaying of the woman and her unborn child.
William Dennis, 38, was convicted by a jury Tuesday of the first-degree murder of Doreen Erbert, 31, and second-degree murder of her unborn child, an eight-month male fetus.
Dennis, who sat calmly while the court clerk read the verdict Tuesday, told reporters later, 'The verdict was really wrong.' He was then silenced by his attorney.
Dennis, who apparently had held his ex-wife responsible for the earlier death of their son, said, 'Good night,' to relatives of the victims as he passed them while being led from the courtroom by deputy sheriffs.
A man accused of posing as a trick-or-treater and hacking his pregnant ex-wife to death with a machete on Halloween 1984 has been convicted in the brutal slaying of the woman and her unborn child.
William Dennis, 38, was convicted by a jury Tuesday of the first-degree murder of Doreen Erbert, 31, and second-degree murder of her unborn child, an eight-month male fetus.
Dennis, who sat calmly while the court clerk read the verdict Tuesday, told reporters later, 'The verdict was really wrong.' He was then silenced by his attorney.
Dennis, who apparently had held his ex-wife responsible for the earlier death of their son, said, 'Good night,' to relatives of the victims as he passed them while being led from the courtroom by deputy sheriffs.
