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Man sentenced for murder of SLC woman after 1993 NBA All-Star weekend

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 21, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — More than 33 years after a woman's body was discovered, a Third District Court judge sentenced James Wallace Petersen III to five years to life for her murder on Feb. 22, 1993, following the NBA All-Star weekend in Salt Lake City.

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