PrayersForMaura
11-29-2005, 08:49 AM
21-Year-Old Agrees To Testify Against Boyfriend
POSTED: 8:27 am EST November 29, 2005
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- A woman has pleaded guilty to fatally beating a Florida Atlantic University student whose body was found in the trunk of a car.
Melissa Ringer, 21, entered the plea to second-degree murder Monday and agreed to testify against her former boyfriend who also is charged with the crime.
Authorities say Ringer and Joshua Reid, 23, beat 33-year-old Bin Zhao with a pool cue in February 2004.
Ringer, a high school dropout from Indiana, was abused by Reid who convinced her to become a prostitute and take part in the murder, defense attorney Val Rodriguez said.
"She was abused by him for six months, in the form of hitting, slapping, punching and involving her in other crimes" Rodriguez said.
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POSTED: 8:27 am EST November 29, 2005
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- A woman has pleaded guilty to fatally beating a Florida Atlantic University student whose body was found in the trunk of a car.
Melissa Ringer, 21, entered the plea to second-degree murder Monday and agreed to testify against her former boyfriend who also is charged with the crime.
Authorities say Ringer and Joshua Reid, 23, beat 33-year-old Bin Zhao with a pool cue in February 2004.
Ringer, a high school dropout from Indiana, was abused by Reid who convinced her to become a prostitute and take part in the murder, defense attorney Val Rodriguez said.
"She was abused by him for six months, in the form of hitting, slapping, punching and involving her in other crimes" Rodriguez said.
http://www.nbc6.net/news/5424805/detail.html?rss=ami&psp=news