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District attorney weighs most unusual murder case in Pa
In Scranton a politically connected funeral home couple is charged with first degree murder for allegedly starving a 92 year old man and draining his savings of nearly 35 thousand dollars. Prosecutor Ernest Preate calls the case highly unusual due to questions over the cause of death and alleged tampering with autopsy results. The run of the case centers on the victim Joseph Kly who weighed 62 pounds at death, with estate depletion overshadowing the defense claim that the couple are upstanding citizens and Republicans.
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