Man Gets Death in Slaying of Girl, 7
A man cried and apologized Wednesday as a judge sentenced him to die for raping his girlfriend’s 7-year-old daughter, beating her and drowning her in an abandoned well.
Fred Mundt Jr., 30, stopped short of admitting that he killed Brittany Hendrickson, and said he would appeal. Mundt was convicted earlier this month and the judge followed the jury’s recommendation that he be sentenced to death.
Brittany’s mother, Misty Hendrickson, and her three children lived with Mundt in Lebanon, a community of about 200 people about 80 miles southeast of Columbus.
She told authorities she left the children with Mundt while she played bingo. He first claimed the girl wandered away while he was asleep.
A psychologist testified in the sentencing phase that Mundt told her he raped Brittany.
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