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Nov 2022
35m 54s

Leon Laureles

SARAH TURNEY
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Just after midnight on May 10, 1996, a motorist in Brown County, Texas called 911. They report that they’d been driving along Farm Road 2126 when they saw a burning car. It was parked just off the road, near the entrance to a gun range. Minutes later, a second motorist called 911 to report they had spotted a body lying near the burning car.  When the fire de ... Show More
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