(LEX 18) — A Kentucky woman whose uncle was killed in 2003 says the justice system failed her family after the convicted killer was released from prison and now faces charges in two more deaths.

Mindy Grauerholz was only 11 or 12 years old when her uncle Richie Phillips went missing from an Elizabethtown hotel. Phillips was later found by fishermen at Rough River Lake in Breckinridge County.

Joshua Cottrell was convicted in Phillips' death at a 2005 murder trial in Hardin County, where he claimed self-defense, saying Phillips made unwanted sexual advances toward him. A jury convicted Cottrell on a lesser charge of second-degree manslaughter and other charges.

"I'm hurting for them because I know what they're going through. I feel the justice system failed my family and because of that n

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