No new trials for Michigan man serving 2 life terms


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MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor says all remaining criminal cases against a Michigan man serving two life terms for killing a jogger and a gas station clerk have been dismissed.

A judge Tuesday granted Muskegon County Prosecutor D.J. Hilson's motions to dismiss four remaining cases against 48-year-old Jeffrey Willis.

Willis was convicted last November of first-degree murder in the 2014 shooting death of jogger Rebekah Bletsch in Muskegon County and in May for the 2013 kidnapping and murder of attendant Jessica Heeringa from a gas station in Norton Shores. Her body hasn't been found.

The Muskegon Chronical reports the dismissed cases include the attempted kidnapping of a teen and child pornography.

Hilson said he consulted with the teen kidnapping victim, and she agreed it was best not to try the case.

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Information from: The Muskegon Chronicle, http://www.mlive.com/muskegon

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