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Steinbach resentenced for 1996 murder

In court on Dec. 13, Mark Steinbach was re-sentenced for the 1996 murder of his then live-in girlfriend, Debra Rhinehart.

The events leading up to Steinbach’s trial and conviction began on March 8, 1996, when Rhinehart was reported missing. She was last seen alive on March 3 or 4, when the pair had been seen arguing outside a New Rockford bar. Rhinehart left the bar with another person, then...