More than 22 years later, Charles Rhines, 63, is set to be executed for the murder of Schaeffer at Dig ‘Em Donuts. Allender said authorities initially interviewed Rhines and felt something was off, but Rhines wasn’t arrested until four months later — after Rhines told his former roommate about the killing. “If he were sorry, he could have said it a long time ago,” Schaeffer told the Argus Leader in 2014. Uh-uh.”Schaeffer’s family declined to speak with The Associated Press in advance of Rhines’ execution. In June, when a judge scheduled the execution, Peggy Schaeffer told reporters, “This step was one big one for justice for Donnivan.

Source: thestar November 02, 2019 13:45 UTC