It especially highlights the systemic failures that gave John Sweeney, the man who murdered Dominique Dunne, a sentence too lenient for her murder. Much time has passed since John Sweeney was ...

has nothing to do with the Menendez case—but rather the trial of John Thomas Sweeney, who murdered his daughter, Dominique Dunne in October 1982. "Do you know she tried to help make a plea deal ...

Dominique Dunne was Dominick and Ellen Dunne’s daughter ... In 1981, Dominique met sous-chef John Sweeney at a party, and the two quickly developed a relationship, even moving in together ...

Dominique, 22, was a promising actress ... The man was later identified as the same John Sweeney. His son Griffin Dunne contacted the woman and asked her to break off the engagement.

Dunne’s daughter Dominique was a 22-year-old rising actor fresh off a lead role in 1982’s “Poltergeist.” She was strangled to death by her ex-boyfriend John Sweeney after their breakup on Oct.

In 1982, Dominique Dunne, a 22-year-old actress ... Unfortunately, her career was brutally cut short by her ex-boyfriend, ...

In the show, we learn that Dominick's own daughter Dominique Dunne was killed by her ex-boyfriend John Sweeney. The death had long-lasting ramifications that led in part to Dominick's involvement ...

It’s also a trial that earned significant media attention a decade earlier. Dunne’s daughter Dominique was a 22-year-old rising actor fresh off a lead role in 1982’s “Poltergeist.” She was strangled ...

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