Man accused of posing as a woman, encouraging suicides

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William F. Melchert-Dinkel, a 47-year-old husband from Minnesota, allegedly posed as a woman in internet chatrooms to “encourage” depressed and suicidal women to take their lives in false suicide pacts. He is now charged with two counts of aiding suicide. Melchert-Dinkel’s attorney tells CNN that his client has no plans to plead guilty.

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