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Indiana court upholds life sentence for teen killer

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Conner Conley was killed by his brother in November 2009. Conner Conley was killed by his brother in November 2009.
INDIANAPOLIS -

The Indiana Supreme Court has upheld a murder sentence of life without parole for a teenager who said he wanted to be like the fictional TV serial killer Dexter before he strangled his 10-year-old brother.

Andrew Conley was 17 in November 2009 when he killed his brother, Conner, while wrestling in their home near Rising Sun, about 20 miles southwest of Cincinnati, and dumped the boy's body in a park. He pleaded guilty in September 2010.

The justices said Conley acted "as if nothing was out of the ordinary" after the killing. During a hearing, Conley said he had fantasized about killing people for years.

Lawyers for the now-20-year-old Conley say the judge gave too much credence to a psychologist's testimony that the teen could be a psychopath.

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