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Five violent deaths stalk Michigan campus areas spark fear
Dawn Basom 13 and four other young women were found dead in the Ypsilanti Ann Arbor region over 20 months. Victims included two college students a high school dropout and a preteen. Causes ranged from strangulation stabbing bullets and beating. Dawn was last seen walking home after dinner before her body was found near a rural lane. Police hunted clues near an abandoned farmhouse as fear rising over safety on campus routes.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
UPI
University of Michigan
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti
Dawn Basom
Dawn
West Junior High School
Ypsilanti As
Cleo Basom