Specterwasultimatelyconvictedofseconddegreemurderin a secondtrialafterthefirsttrialdeadlockedin 2007.
スペクターは2007年に一審がデッドロックした後、二審で最終的に第二級殺人罪で有罪判決を受けた。
HisdeathwasconfirmedonSundayin a statementfromtheCaliforniaDepartmentofCorrectionsandRehabilitation, sayingSpecterdiedofnaturalcausesatanoutsidehospitalandthathisofficialcauseofdeathwillbedeterminedbythemedicalexaminer.
TheDailyMailreportedthathewasdiagnosedwithCovein 19 4 weeksagoandtransferredto a hospitalfromhisprisoncell, wherehehadbeenserving a 19 yearstoelifesentenceforthemurderofClarkson.