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Man pleads guilty to killing woman, injuring another in Downtown Pittsburgh in 2019

A man accused of stabbing a woman to death and assaulting another woman in Downtown Pittsburgh has pleaded guilty. James J. Wyatt, a 28-year-old McKeesport man, has pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and aggravated assault in relation to stabbing a woman to death and injuring another in Downtown Pittsburgh in 2019. Wyatt was originally charged with criminal homicide, but this charge was changed and he also pleaded guilty for making repairs/selling offensive weapons. He stabbed Janice Purdue-Dance, 61, of Erie, in the neck at a bus stop on Sixth Avenue, killing her and injuring a second woman nearby. Wyatt had been serving a three-year probation after pleading guilty to gun and drug charges and causing an accident involving death or personal injury in 2016 at the time of the murder. His defense attorney argued Wyatt was mentally incompetent to stand trial, citing a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia and depression.

Man pleads guilty to killing woman, injuring another in Downtown Pittsburgh in 2019

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A man accused of stabbing a woman to death and assaulting another woman in Downtown Pittsburgh has pleaded guilty.

James J. Wyatt, 28, of McKeesport pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and aggravat... [1668 symbols]


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