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‘I wanted to kill Jews, not people’: Murderer gives Nazi salute after conviction

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Frazier Glenn Cross appears in court on murder charges in Olathe, Kansas. Photo: Reuters

The man who admitted killing three people at two suburban Kansas City Jewish sites gave jurors a Nazi salute after they convicted him of murder and other charges for the shootings, which he said would allow him to “die a martyr.”

It took the jury of seven men and five women just over two hours on Monday to find Frazier Glenn Miller guilty of one count of capital murder, three counts of attempted murder and assault and weapons charges.

After the verdict was announced, Miller, 74, said: “The fat lady just sang.” As jurors were filing out of the courtroom, he raised his right arm in the Nazi salute and told them: “You probably won’t sleep tonight.”

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The judge reminded Miller that the same jury will decide his sentence. He could get the death penalty. The sentencing proceedings were expected to begin today.

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Cross surrounded by KKK regalia in 1984. Photo: Hate Speech International
Cross surrounded by KKK regalia in 1984. Photo: Hate Speech International

During the prosecution’s closing, District Attorney Steve Howe cited a “mountain of evidence” against Miller, who is charged with capital murder in the April 2014 shootings at two Jewish sites in Overland Park, Kansas. Although he has admitted to killing the three people, he has pleaded not guilty, saying it was his duty to stop genocide against the white race. None of the victims was Jewish.

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