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Killer, attorney hide location of victim’s body

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    Lawyer's decisions stun Oregon family

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First on fox tonight a shocking revelation a family suffered for months wondering if their child was dead or alive.

And today they found out her killer's attorneys knew the answer all along seventeen year old Paris Panetta was sentenced to eighteen years in prison.

After pleading guilty to killing fourteen year old -- -- -- back in march of 2011.

He did not make a statement or even apologize -- -- shot his family as he entered that guilty plea in court this afternoon.

Capabilities -- -- -- -- -- live with more on the emotional statements from her family Keylon.

We'll -- it was not a surprise to you Chinese Stanley that been daddy did not show any remorse.

But perhaps the most explosive moment of the day was when his attorneys stood up in court and apologized to bonds' family.

For knowing where he shot he was buried for nearly four months pictures keep I'll -- information quiet out of responsibility to their client.

For months no wind seemed to know what happened at fourteen year old you -- -- perish than Eddie was accused in a march 2011 killing.

But it wasn't until July that he led police to rocky Butte where he had buried her body it was a secret bonds they only had thought he had kept to himself all this time.

Only to date they found out his defense team had known all along.

The decision was made to delay that and that was made by his lawyers violence.

Not by him.

If faintly gathered outside the courtroom after the hearing in disbelief.

She lay in to beat a dark.

Decomposing.

Yeah and they knew she wasn't wouldn't tell us that it's sick.

Some -- that is inhumane.

-- Johnny's mother brought to tears by the shocking revelation.

-- -- very -- -- sit up in the area.

But Fred Hampton -- and keep and they can't keep it about that.

-- -- -- -- -- -- But -- -- -- information confidential easy exactly what their box -- Borg and metropolitan public defenders says they needed to do.

It's their job.

And not just because it was in the best interest of their client.

But also own -- -- family and while that maybe difficult for them to amber understands.

-- says if he's employees had chosen to break attorney client privilege.

He could have jeopardized the whole case.

If they had two years ago they said oh my gosh this is this horrible thing here's where this person has.

This is not a this weighed heavily on them -- that was discussed this was something that was really we don't wait on their hearts.

But if they had done that and then later on -- said -- -- in my lawyers -- competent millers weren't doing their job there weren't represented me.

You know he'd be it be overturned the conviction be overturn -- -- -- -- gets credit for time served that's about one and a half years but there's no chance for early release.

QB 34 years old when he gets out reporting live from the studio -- -- like the 10 o'clock.

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