List of Famous people with last name Pavlinac

Laverne Pavlinac

First Name Laverne

Last Name Pavlinac

Born on December 19, 1932

Died on March 4, 2003 (aged 70)

Laverne Arlyce Pavlinac was an American woman who falsely confessed to assisting in the 1990 murder of 23-year-old Taunja Bennett of Portland, Oregon; she also implicated her boyfriend, John Sosnovske, in Bennett's murder. Both Pavlinac and Sosnovske were convicted, with Pavlinac receiving a 10-year sentence. They served almost 6 years before both were exonerated after serial killer Keith Jesperson confessed to Bennett's murder.

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