Panel grants parole to man convicted of killing 3

KALAMAZOO» A man who was a teenager when he admitted killing three young women in 1972 has been granted parole by the Michigan Parole Board nearly a half- century after the slayings.

The parole board notified the victims’ relatives that Brent Koster, 64, was granted parole on Nov. 10. The Kalamazoo area man will be released from prison on Jan. 21 after serving 48 years, according to parole board records.

Kalamazoo County Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Getting said in a statement that he’s “very troubled by the Michigan Department of Corrections choosing to release an admitted serial rapist, serial murderer.” He said he and his staff will be reviewing the parole board’s decision “to determine what options we have.”

“In my opinion the risk to our community is simply unacceptable. I’m not aware of another person with such a horrific history having ever been released anywhere,” Getting said.