'Speed Freak Killer' Wesley Shermantine dies in California prison
Wesley Shermantine, one-half of the California duo known as the “Speed Freak Killers,” has died in prison, state officials announced. Shermantine, 60, and his childhood friend Loren Herzog became known as the “Speed Freak Killers” after…
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