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Director Adrienne Shelley’s murderer sentenced

February 16th, 2008 by Heidi Martinuzzi

Actress, and director/writer of the movie Waitress (2007), Adrienne Shelley finally saw a smattering of justice on Valentine’s Day when her killer, illegal immigrant Diego Pillco, was sentenced to 25 years in jail for strangling her with a bedsheet after trying to rob her. Waitress was an award-winner at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and earned praise long after Shelley was no longer around to hear it.

Read The Story of the Sentencing in the NY Post

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