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August 5, 2015

St. Marys murder suspect says alcohol, rage made him do it

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RIDGWAY — Witnesses say that after fatally shooting his girlfriend outside of her workplace, Michael Stephanic Jr. knelt over her lifeless form, dug his finger into the wound and proudly

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