Police in Sydney are hunting for a double murderer who removed his electronic monitoring anklet while on parole and is now on the run. Damien Peters, 50, pleaded guilty in 2001 to killing and dismembering two men.
Police in Sydney are hunting for a convicted double murderer who removed his electronic monitoring anklet while on parole and is now on the run.
Damien Peters, 50, was last seen at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick, a suburb of the Australian city, on Sunday afternoon. His monitoring anklet was found later that evening. Police said it had been"forcibly removed." According to CNN affiliate 7 News, Peters pleaded guilty in 2001 to murdering and dismembering two men in his apartment in Sydney's Surrey Hills neighborhood. He was sentenced to 21 years in prison, becoming eligible for parole in 2015.
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