"Seventh Circle of Hell" awaits serial killer Nolan R. George, says judge

(CBS/WWJ/AP) PONTIAC, Mich. - A judge has called a convicted serial strangler a "monster" before sentencing the Ohio man to the mandatory life without parole for the 1968 killing of a southeastern Michigan woman.

Oakland County Circuit Judge said Thursday that "justice is served" and says "the Seventh Circle of Hell" - a reference to Dante's Inferno - awaits Nolan R. George.

Last month, according to CBS affiliate WWJ, the Hamilton, Ohio, man was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 36-year-old Gwendolyn Perry of Pontiac.

Authorities say George strangled women with their undergarments.

George told the judge he didn't wish to speak before the sentencing.

George was freed in 1982 after 12 years in prison for killing 22-year-old Frances Brown of Lake Orion.

He also served time in Ohio for strangling a woman and is suspected in other attacks.