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No fingerprints.<br \/>\nDaughter has disappeared with stepbrother. Were spotted on another network.<br \/>\nMaid and mistress, both beautiful, have grown close and whisper a lot.<br \/>\nEvil stepfather is same suit size and has a huge closet. Drifter was in a union.<br \/>\nCould have been his bookie. Horse tranquilizers were found in his blood.<br \/>\nThe only ones who cried at the funeral were his wife and the drifter&#8217;s lawyer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They offed my favorite soap opera character. He was poisoned and strangled, found dead in a crashed Porsche. Could have been his mercenary stepfather, mistress, daughter or maid. 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