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Sep 2022
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Chapter 2 | Combee Critters

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Chapter 2 of 9

Leo’s friends and family search desperately for Michelle around Lakeland, Florida. Three days later, her body is found in a phosphate mining pit with 26 stab wounds. Leo is arrested, charged with first degree murder, and faces the electric chair. 

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