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Religious conversion leads to murder confession

Buffalo Toronto Public Media
Published March 13, 2010 at 10:13 AM EST

By Chris Jamele

Buffalo, NY – A conversion back to religious faith has led a former drug gang hitman to confess to involvement in a twelve year old murder case.

Jose Figueroa confessed to killing seventeen year old Alex Martinez of Grant Street in January of 1998. A second degree murder charge will have Figueroa serving eighteen years to life in prison.