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Child Rapist Who Killed Harrisburg Man With Hammer, Found Dead In Philly: Police Child Rapist Who Killed Harrisburg Man With Hammer, Found Dead In Philly: Police
Child Rapist Who Killed Harrisburg Man With Hammer, Found Dead In Philly: Police A convict who cut off his ankle monitor and went on the run after a body was found in his basement on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, was found dead in Philadelphia on Thursday, Dec. 8, authorities announced the following day.  Harrisburg police officers were called after a maintenance worker found the body of a man in the basement of the home of 48-year-old Calvin Lee Waller Jr.'s at 117 Locust Street around 4 p.m., according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. 61-year-old Jeffrey Keckler has been identified as the victim and his death was ruled a homicide caused by multiple traumatic i…

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Bird Flu Has Boldly Landed In PA Bird Flu Has Boldly Landed In PA
Bird Flu Has Boldly Landed In PA God bless America. There's a bird flu outbreak in the United States, and a bald eagle has caught it in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The current avian flu outbreak, first reported in a commercial turkey flock in Indiana, is considered the worst since 2015. While the outbreak is driving up the price of eggs and chicken nationwide, properly cooked foul is harmless to humans even when it's infected by the flu, agriculture experts say.  According to a map provided by the National Wildlife Health Center, no commercial or backyard flocks in Pennsylvania have been tested positive for avian f…

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Comfort Dogs Allowed For Some During Criminal Trials, PA Supreme Court Rules Comfort Dogs Allowed For Some During Criminal Trials, PA Supreme Court Rules
Comfort Dogs Allowed For Some During Criminal Trials, PA Supreme Court Rules Comfort dogs will be allowed in criminal trials, but only under certain conditions, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. To avoid any potential prejudice to the defendant's right to a fair trial, a comfort dog may accompany a trial witness if the animal will allow the witness to testify in a reliable and truthful manner. The ruling stems from a 2018 murder trial in Chester County where Melody, a comfort dog, was allowed to sit next to a child witness during testimony, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Sheron Jaeln Purnell was found guilty of the 2016 mu…

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by Nicole Acosta