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Judge delays sentencing of cat slayer

Luigi Epifania faces a hearing on Sept. 4. Luigi Epifania faces a hearing on Sept. 4.
By John R. Ellement
Globe Staff / August 19, 2008

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To his lawyer, Luigi Epifania is a "nice young man" who was overwhelmed by a heroin addiction when he told Boston police that he stomped a cat to death and then used the burning corpse to set an East Boston apartment on fire last year. (Full article: 517 words)

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