Jury recommends death for killer of Melrose boys

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— A Putnam County jury deliberated for less than an hour on Friday, Oct. 28, before recommending the death penalty for Mark Wilson Jr. The same jury earlier convicted the 33-year-old for the bludgeoning and stabbing deaths of 14-year-old Tayten Baker and 12-year-old Robert Baker on Aug. 26, 2020.…

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