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   The murders were peculiar because of the grotesqueness of them. The older woman was found outside, head nearly severed completely off, and body horribly beaten. The younger woman was found strangled to death and shoved up a chimney. She was so far up it that it took a few men to free her body implying that whomever killed the women had considerable strength. The weirdest part was the fact these murders were committed when the house was locked up from the inside.

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   Posted by jennyrocks on Wednesday December 10, 2008 at 7:51 PM