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Man charged in 1985 murder granted retrial

8:52 PM, Jul 13, 2012   |    comments
Walter E. Zimbek, II
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An East Tennessee man charged with the fatal beating of a girl in Ohio in 1985 will be retried.

45-year-old Walter Zimbeck of Strawberry Plains will be tried again after his first trial ended in a hung jury.

He's accused of raping and killing his 14-year-old ex-girlfriend back in 1985.

Officials arrested Zimbeck in 2009 at his home in Kodak after a long investigation by Ohio detectives and help from the Sevier County Sheriff's Department.

His new trial is set for mid-September.