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[KINDLE] ✿ Stamford 76 ❃ JoeAnn Hart – Casinotalk.pro In July 1976 a twenty four year old white woman Margo Olson was found in a shallow grave in Stamford Connecticut with an arrow piercing through her heart A few weeks later Howie Carter her black boyfrIn July 1976 a twenty four year old white woman Margo Olson was found in a shallow grave in Stamford Connecticut with an arrow piercing through her heart A few weeks later Howie Carter her black boyfriend was killed by the police Howie and Margo’s interracial relationship held a distorted mirror to the author’s own with Howie’s best friend Joe Joe’s theory was that the police didn’t have any evidenc.
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