John White in the early 1980s.
(Courtesy photo)

John D. White

John D. White

John D. White is arraigned in the Isabella County Courthouse on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 in Mount Pleasant,
Mich., wearing a "suicide prevention suit."
(Lisa Yanick-Jonaitis / AP)

John D. White is declared mentally competent to stand trial at his hearing at the Isabella County
Courthouse on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. He is charged with open murder and first-degree
premeditated murder in the Oct. 31 death of Rebekah Gay.
(Photo by Rachel Sonnenshine / MLive.com)

John D. White

John White walks into an Isabella County courtroom on Thursday, April 18, 2013, in Mount Pleasant, Mich.,
before his sentencing for the murder of Rebekah Gay.
(Photo: AP)

In this April 18, 2013 file photo, John D. White enters the courtroom of Isabella County Chief Circuit Judge
Paul H. Chamberlain, in Mount Pleasant, Mich., for his sentencing in the murder of Rebekah Gay.
(AP Photo/The Saginaw News-MLive.com, Jeff Schrier)

In this April 18, 2013 file photo, John D. White, left, and his attorney Gordon Bloem listen to Sally Gay,
Rebekah Gay's mother, read a statement in Isabella County Chief Circuit Judge Paul H. Chamberlain's
courtroom in Mount Pleasant, Mich., during White's sentencing in the murder of Rebekah Gay.
(AP Photo/The Saginaw News-MLive.com, Jeff Schrier)

Deborah Gay, left, and her mother Sally Gay return to their seats after Sally Gay read a statement
in Isabella County Chief Circuit Judge Paul H. Chamberlain's courtroom on Thursday,
April 18, 2013, during John D. White's sentencing in the murder of Rebekah Gay.
(Jeff Schrier/Mlive.com)

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