A convicted killer who was sentenced to a decade behind bars for suffocating a Canadian tourist with sand was elected to the city council of a Maine city that inspired Stephen King\u2019s \u201cIt.\u201d<\/p>\n
Angela Walker was elected as a Bangor council member on Tuesday, more than two decades after she pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges alongside her brother, Benjamin Humphrey, in the 2002 death of Derek Rogers, the Bangor Daily News reported. <\/a><\/p>\n Walker, who\u2019s not affiliated with a political party, was one of three council members elected to serve a three-year term.<\/p>\n Angela Walker, who\u2019s not affiliated with a political party, was one of three council members elected to serve a three-year term on Bangor\u2019s city council. Facebook\/Angela Walker<\/p>\n She was sponsored by the politically progressive Maine nonprofit organization Food and Medicine alongside the other two winning candidates, the outlet reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Walker was convicted in 2003 of manslaughter for Rogers\u2019 death when she still used her maiden name, Humphrey, according to the local publication.<\/p>\n A fight broke out in Old Orchard Beach after Rogers allegedly called Walker a derogatory term for Native American women. He was later discovered brutally beaten and suffocated with sand, the outlet reported. <\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s my past. I don\u2019t live there anymore and I\u2019m a different person,\u201d Walker said of the conviction, the news site reported.<\/p>\n She also pleaded guilty to perjury and was sentenced to 10 years behind bars, according to reports.<\/p>\n Walker pleaded guilty alongside her brother to manslaughter for the death of Canadian tourist Derek Rogers. Facebook\/Angela Walker<\/p>\n There is currently no law in place in Bangor barring Walker or any other resident with a criminal record from running for office.<\/p>\n The Maine city served as the inspiration for the fictional town of Derry, which provides the backdrop for several of King\u2019s hit horror novels, including the creepy clown film \u201cIt.\u201d<\/p>\n