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FILE - This undated photo provided by the Buncombe City-County Bureau of Identification shows Derek Shawn Pendergraft.  A new indictment alleges sexual assault was the motive for the killing of Sara Ellis , a cook at the scenic North Carolina mountain inn last summer. Federal prosecutors announced Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018,  they filed a superseding indictment adding two counts of aggravated sexual abuse resulting in death against Derek Shawn Pendergraft.    (Buncombe City-County Bureau of Identification via AP)

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Buncombe City-County Bureau of Identification shows Derek Shawn Pendergraft. A new indictment alleges sexual assault was the motive for the killing of Sara Ellis , a cook at the scenic North Carolina mountain inn last summer. Federal prosecutors announced Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, they filed a superseding indictment adding two counts of aggravated sexual abuse resulting in death against Derek Shawn Pendergraft. (Buncombe City-County Bureau of Identification via AP)

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