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Woman Who Claimed to Have Killed 22 Across the Country a Liar, Dad Says

Father doesn't believe daughters claims.

The father of a woman who claimed to have killed 22 people across the country says his daughter is a liar, but he supports the death penalty in the one murder she has been charged with, pennlive.com reported.

Miranda Barbour, 19, made headlines when she claimed in a jailhouse interview that she had killed 22 people. Barbour of Sunbury Pennsylvania, has been charged along with her boyfriend, of killing Troy LaFerrara, 42, who was lured through a Craigslist ad promising sex for money.

Barbour's father, Sonny Dean, told the Daily Item newspaper that he believes his daughter might have been involved in one other murder. Dean supports the death penalty for his daughter is she is convicted of killing LaFerrara.

The newspaper reported that Dean described his daughter as a heroin addict and a liar and he did not believe her claim of mass murder.

Thus far authorities have not found any evidence to substantiate Barbour's claims.

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