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Widow of slain trooper joins Florida patrol
Connie Baker, 29, widow of Claude Baker, who was killed November 17, plans to join the patrol's communications department when a new Bradenton station opens next year. She says the force is family and she wants to dedicate her life to police work as her husband did. the couple married in 1964 and left a daughter Sabrina. Henry Lorenzo Payne, 23, is indicted for murder in Baker's death.
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Sarasota County
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