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Thomas Rigterink mugshot.
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Thomas Rigterink in court for a status hearing in his high
profile murder case in Bartow.
(Scott Wheeler - The Ledger)
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Thomas Rigterink smiles as he speaks with his lawyers, Byron
Hileman an David Carmichael.
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Thomas Rigterink cries on the
witness stand in a Bartow courtroom on September 1, 2005.
Rigterink, charged in the 2003 stabbing deaths of Allison Sousa and
Jeremy
Jarvis, testified in his own defense.
(David Mills/The Ledger)
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Thomas Rigterink listens to one of his lawyers during his double
murder trial on September 7, 2005,
in the Polk County Courthouse in
Bartow.
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Thomas Rigterink convicted of killing Jeremy Jarvis and Allison
Sousa on September 10, 2005.
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Thomas Rigterink reacts to the jury's recommendation to sentence
him to death at the courthouse in Bartow.
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Thomas Rigterink signs "I love you" to his family as he exits the
courtroom in Bartow after being
sentenced to death for his conviction
on two counts
of first-degree murder.
(Michael Wilson/The Ledger)
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Thomas Rigterink grims as he leaves the courtroom Friday, October
14, 2005.
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Thomas Rigterink prison photo.
The victims
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Allison Sousa and Jeremy Jarvis.