WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — State officials say an imprisoned convicted killer apparently isn’t the owner of a Facebook page in his name that has angered the victim’s family.

Department of Corrections officials told The Westerly Sun (http://bit.ly/JfffKW ) that there is no way Victor Semidey Jr. could be keeping a Facebook account on his own. Agency spokeswoman Tracey Zeckhausen says inmates are not allowed Internet access, and the only way an inmate could have a Facebook page is if someone on the outside is maintaining it.

Semidey was sentenced in 2003 to more than 50 years in prison for killing 35-year-old Tammy Chan in Westerly.

Chan’s 21-year-old daughter, Skye Chan, recently said she was outraged when she saw Semidey’s Facebook page, which includes an apparently recent photo of Semidey and lists his like of “horror.”


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