Medal found in Chicago returns to slain soldier’s son
Thomas Bateman Jr. will receive the lost Purple Heart decades after Pvt. Thomas Bateman was killed in action in the Philippines in 1945. The medal’s journey began when Tom McAvoy found it in a Chicago basement and Purple Hearts Reunited connected the dots with Bateman’s family and Trinca, who witnessed the death on Mindanao island.
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Tennessee
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Mother says she learned son died only after odor prompted discovery
In Harrisburg, PA, 8 year old Jarrod Tutko Jr. was found dead on the third floor as police charged his father Jarrod Tutko with child endangerment and abuse of a corpse. The mother said she did not know of the death until the smell became strong and an autopsy is planned. The couple’s other five children were placed in protective custody.
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