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Article: Carpenter's ex takes stand Girlfriend remembers final call from victim

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September 20, 2007
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Pen Meyer of Goshen was murdered because of her support for a friend, prosecutors have said. Yesterday, that friend, Sandra Merritt, took the stand and talked about her last conversation with Meyer on the day she went missing.

Meyer had encouraged Merritt to break up with her boyfriend, Ken Carpenter of Lempster. But early on the morning of Feb. 23, 2005, Meyer called Merritt at work and urged her to get back together with Carpenter.

"It was a complete change from anything she ever had supported or approved or I knew about her," Meyer said.

Carpenter faces a charge of first-degree murder, with a sentence of life without parole. He is accused of killing Meyer because he was angry at her for ...

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