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Youth Admits He Murdered Woman Artist in San Diego
A 16-year-old San Diego high school student confessed to murdering Ida C. MacKeown, 67, a noted Miniature Painter, after she accused him of smoking marijuana. He said he stabbed her with a knife after an argument about work and marijuana. MacKeown had lived in La Jolla for two decades and was found dead after neighbors raised concern.
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