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On October 30, 1982, Dunne was strangled by her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, during an argument on the driveway of her West Hollywood home. She fell into a coma and died five days later on November 4, 1982.
Dec 3, 1986 · Convicted of voluntary manslaughter after a highly publicized trial in 1983, John Sweeney spent 3 years, 7 months and 27 days in custody, most of it as a clerk at the medium-security state...
Aug 25, 2021 · Sadly for Dominique Dunne, John Thomas Sweeney remained fixated on her. He returned to Dunne's house the night of October 30, 1982, hoping for a reconciliation, while she was rehearsing with actor David Packer.
In the newest episode of 'TMZ Investigates,' jurors in the case of John Thomas Sweeney — who strangled star Dominique Dunne to death but served just three and a half years in prison — were...
Nov 13, 1983 · John Sweeney was sentenced Thursday to the maximum term of six and a half years in prison for strangling the actress Dominique Dunne. The judge said the defendant should have been convicted...
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Nov 10, 1983 · Superior Court Judge Burton Katz said based on evidence presented during the seven-week trial he would have found John Sweeney guilty of second-degree murder, which would have brought a...
Apr 25, 2020 · Dominique met John Sweeney, who at the time, was a sous-chef at the exclusive, celebrity, hot-spot restaurant Ma Maison. A few weeks after meeting, the new couple moved into a house together in West Hollywood.
