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Teen Sisters Killed In Southern PA Fire, Campaign Says Teen Sisters Killed In Southern PA Fire, Campaign Says
Teen Sisters Killed In Southern PA Fire, Campaign Says An 18-year-old woman and her 13-year-old sister died in a Lancaster fire New Year's Weekend, according to authorities and alleged family members. Anna Leavitt, the elder sister, died after being taken to the hospital in the 10:35 a.m. fire Saturday, Dec. 31 blaze on West Lemon Street, her dad said on a GoFundMe campaign. Her sister, Ariana, died at Lehigh Valley Hospital — Cedar Crest on Monday, Jan. 2, at 12:21 a.m., the Lehigh Valley Coroner's Office said.  The Lancaster City Fire Department, Lancaster City Fire Marshal, Lancaster City Police Department and the Pennsylvani…

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by Cecilia Levine
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PA Man Strangled By Pet Snake Shot By Police Dies Days Later PA Man Strangled By Pet Snake Shot By Police Dies Days Later
PA Man Strangled By Pet Snake Shot By Police Dies Days Later A Pennsylvania man who was strangled by his pet snake has died days after the incident, authorities said. Elliot Senseman, 27, died from anoxic brain injury due to asphyxiation by constriction after an 18-foot Boa constrictor-type snake wrapped itself around the man's neck inside his Church Street home in Fogelsville (Upper Macungie Township) on Wednesday, July 20, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The snake completely cut off oxygen to Senseman's brain, the coroner's office said. Officers arrived around 2:10 p.m. to find Senseman in cardiac arrest with the snake still wrapp…

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by Nicole Acosta