Convicted killer elected to city council in a Maine

Convicted killer elected to city council in a Maine city, after beating tourist to death over an alleged 'racial slur'

- The 35-year-old victim was beaten in the head and face
- Sand was shoved down his throat and into his mouth, causing asphyxiation.
- Autopsy confirmed death by suffocation due to sand inhalation and airway obstruction, with extensive blunt-force trauma.

51-year-old Angela Walker, with a manslaughter conviction on her record for the beating death of a Canadian tourist, has secured a seat on the Bangor City Council.

Walker will now decide issues ranging from public safety to economic development.

Her election has sparked debate with people questioning whether a history of violent crime should disqualify someone from public office.

Walker has been endorsed by the progressive group Food AND Medicine, and edged out incumbents and other challengers.

In 2002, at age 24, she and her brother Benjamin Humphrey killed 35-year-old Derek Rogers, a tourist from Nova Scotia, Canada.