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September 9, 2023

Watchtower guard is fired as search for fugitive killer in Pennsylvania focuses on botanical garden

WEST CHESTER (AP) — A prison tower guard has been fired after letting a murderer slip out on his watch in a brazen daytime escape last week, county officials said

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