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MD Man Gets Life in Prison for Springfield Triple Murder

Delante Cook, 35, robbed and killed three in 2008.

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A Maryland man who pleaded guilty in connection to has been sentenced to life in prison.

NBC Washington reports that 35-year-old Delante Cook, of Prince George's County, was sentenced in federal court on Friday morning in Alexandria. 

Cook admitted that on Nov. 19, 2008, he and an accomplice robbed a home on the 5500 block of Moultrie Road. During the robbery, they fatally stabbed three people in the house. 

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Cook and his accomplice dressed in clothing with law enforcement insignia on the night of the robbery. 

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