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Mother, boyfriend charged with killing 11-year-old girl

A Brooklyn woman and her boyfriend were arrested Monday and charged in the death of an 11-year-old girl. According to authorities, the autopsy of Alexandra Velasquez?s body revealed that the girl suffered

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Oct 28, 2008, 1:49 PM

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