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Associated Press - December 8, 2008
Twenty-five-year-old Brandon Chambers pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree murder in the slaying of 26-year-old Shanika Pretlow in October 2005.
Charging documents state Chambers had unprotected sex with Pretlow and after a friend told him she had "the bug," slang for HIV, Chambers said Pretlow would die before he did.
The statement of facts Chambers pleaded guilty to states that witnesses told police Chambers was seen leaving a bar with Pretlow on the day of her death and that he later bragged that he "had to kill her."
Prosecutors say an autopsy showed Pretlow, who had four daughters, did not have HIV.
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