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Convict Freed After 64 Years for Christmas Gift
Richard Honeck paroled at 84 from Illinois prison after a life sentence for murder. He travels to San Leandro, California to reunite with his niece Clara Orth, who learned of him from an Associated Press story and helped bring him home to celebrate Christmas.
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Richard Honeck
Illinois
California
Clara Orth
Associated Press
Anaheim
Honeck
Walter Koeller
Carrie Nation
United States
Chester State Hospital
New York
San Francisco
Chester Hospital
Warden Ross Randolph
Menard
Merry Christ