William Melchert-Dinkel, a family man from a small town in Minnesota, is a career nurse and a regular churchgoer. He's also the first person ever to be charged with assisting suicide over the Internet.
Prosecutors claim that Melchert-Dinkel, 47, coaxed two people he met in online chat rooms into killing themselves.
Melchert-Dinkel's attorney, Terry Watkins, denied the charges and said that he believed his client would be acquitted.
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