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Feb 02, 2020 Features / Columnists, The Baccoo Speaks
The murder rate continues to climb with the discovery of a body on a road. The discovery would be made by a man heading to work. The body would bear marks of violence consistent with a shooting.
It will be some time before the police would make an arrest.
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The inexplicable attitude of some adults would always endanger a child. How can one explain an exposed electrical connection in the middle of a house?
The glittering wire would attract a child, leading to an electrocution.
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A domestic dispute would end in serious consequences. A man on the west side would accuse his wife of infidelity. The denials by the woman would be futile, because the man would proceed to assault and then become increasingly violent to the point of using a knife with deadly consequences.
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