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Albrecht Muth Hunger Strike

Monday, February 4, 2013

Report: Albrecht Muth Hospitalized in Critical Condition

A hunger strike has landed Georgetown murder suspect Albrecht Muth in a local hospital, The Washington Post reports.

Albrecht Muth, the Georgetown man set to go to trial in March for the 2011 strangling death of his wife Viola Drath, is reportedly in the hospital in critical condition because of a hunger strike, The Washington Post reports. Muth, 48, who was found competent in December to stand trial for his wife's death, has been hospitalized because of his hunger strikes in the past. He was arraigned in December on the charge of first degree murder in the death of his wife Viola Drath, 91. He fired his public defender attorneys at that time and told the court he planned to represent himself at his March 25 trial. On Friday, the Washington Post reported that someone who sounded like Muth left a message on a reporter's voice mail stating, "Death is …

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