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Polygraph used in probe of fire that killed four children
In Kankakee Illinois investigators used polygraph tests Sunday on three relatives to identify who babysat the four children killed in a two location blaze considered arson likely. The victims were Jowell Howery 9 Prima 10 Ledonia Walls 11 Justina 5 survived by hospital care. Police planned further interviews as evidence was sent to the Illinois State Police Crime Laboratory.
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Kankakee
Ill
UPI
William Cantrell
Bernon Howery
John Walls
Bill Jones
Walls
Linda Walls
Leon Jones
Jowell Howery
Prima
Ledonia Walls
Justina
St. Mary’s Hospital
Orrison
Illinois State Police Crime Laboratory