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Thomas Fast found guilty of murdering stepmother

Thomas Fast was found guilty late Monday night of first-degree murder in the killing and dismembering of his stepmother.

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Cell mate: Fast wanted to create alibi

BRADENTON — Thomas Fast’s jailhouse cell mate told a jury Friday morning Fast asked him to create an alibi for him in the disappearance of his stepmother, Susan Fast.
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Bruce Fast will tell jury today: My son did it

BRADENTON — Bruce Fast is preparing to face a man he knows all too well — the man he believes killed and dismembered his wife.
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Jury picked in Fast murder trial

BRADENTON — Thomas Fast told a judge he is comfortable with the jury he and his attorneys selected Tuesday after expressing in the past that he wanted to represent himself in his first-degree murder trial because he is unsatisfied with his defense.
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Jury selection continues in Fast murder case

BRADENTON - Attorneys have weeded out potential jurors who have said media coverage caused them to make up their minds as to the guilt of Thomas Fast, on trial this week in the killing of his stepmother Susan Fast.
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Jury selected in Thomas Fast trial; opening arguments Wednesday

BRADENTON — Thomas Fast told a judge he is comfortable with the jury he and his attorneys selected Tuesday after expressing in the past he wanted to represent himself in his first-degree murder trial because he is unsatisfied with his defense.
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Live coverage of trial irks Fast's attorney

BRADENTON — A national television show is expected to roll out live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the murder trial of Thomas Fast, accused of killing and dismembering his stepmother in 2007, and his defense attorney is not happy about it.
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TV show's cameras removed from Fast trial

BRADENTON — The intense media coverage of the Thomas Fast murder trial has taken top billing this morning as proceedings in the case have begun.
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Who is the real Thomas Fast?

MANATEE — A box full of letters from Thomas Fast, all with the return address of the Manatee County jail, is hard for Gary Daughtrey to ignore, but he says he does.
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Fast will wait to learn if judge tosses statements

BRADENTON — Accused killer Thomas Fast will wait to learn if a judge will suppress statements he gave police while officers were investigating his stepmother’s disappearance in the summer of 2007.
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Judge: Murder suspect Fast can’t fire his lawyer

BRADENTON — Accused killer Thomas Fast is in court this afternoon because his attorney wants a judge to suppress some statements he gave to police after his stepmother disappeared in the summer of 2007.