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Disappearance of Alabama college grad tied to man who killed parents as a boy
In 1993, when he was 12 years old, Rick Ennis murdered his parents. But did he kill Lori Ann Slesinski?
He murdered his parents when he was 12. Did he kill again a decade later?
At age 12, Rick Ennis confessed to murdering his mother and his stepfather. Thirteen years later, he became the prime suspect in the disappearance of Auburn University honors graduate Lori Slesinski.
PHOTOS: Evidence in the Lori Slesinski murder case
Inside the mysterious disappearance of Lori Slesinski and the trial of Rick Ennis, a man with a criminal past, accused of her murder.
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