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Murder Site Is Sheds, Campers

On Dirt Road Near New Lisbon

Wheat Road, where last evening’s alleged slaying occurred, is a dirt track about a a mile northeast of the hamlet of New Lisbon. The scene of last night’s incident – 353 Wheat – is not a home, per se, but a collection of two campers and three sheds. Police tape cordoned off the crime scene, according to reporter Libby Cudmore, who arrived a few minutes ago.  A sheriff’s deputy stood guard. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)

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