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Sister Act

By Sarah Buscher, Contributor
August / September 2001

August 1, 2001 by 1 Comment

How a committed sister freed her brother from prison.In 1980 the body of Katharina Brow was found in her trailer home in Ayer, Massachusetts. She had been stabbed to death and robbed of money and jewelry. Suspects were questioned but the case languished for two years until an anonymous phone call tipped the police that Kenny Waters had admitted to the crime. Kenny already had a … [Read more...] about Sister Act

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