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LANPHEAR SENTENCING
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 -- 10:09 am
Posted by Riley Hebert-News Director
The man convicted of one of the most disturbing cases in area history will be sentenced Wednesday.
In June, Edward Lanphear pleaded no contest to two counts of kidnapping and two counts of sexual assault. Nine other felonies were dropped.
Lanphear was accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a 23-year-old man and a 22-year-old man last July. He allegedly chained one man to his basement floor; the other was chained in his garage.
The men were rescued after Lanphear left the property to get cigarettes for the man chained in the garage. He was able to free himself and run to a neighbor’s house to call authorities.
It was clear Lanphear had planned the abductions. Authorities revealed he preinstalled "fasteners" that were used to keep his victims chained at his very normal-looking Saratoga home.
Lanphear had no criminal record and had worked at a Wisconsin Rapids paper mill for 20 years.
He faces 130 years when he’s sentenced in Wood Co. Court today.
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