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  • How a Burke Lake Park murder led to a life sentence

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  • Saturday: Mostly cloudy, temps: high: 46, low: 28.
  • Sunday: Mostly cloudy; windy, colder, with a high of 33 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• NJ native found guilty of stabbing girlfriend 17 times at Virginia campground (nydailynews.com) — A New Jersey man has been convicted of murdering his girlfriend at Burke Lake Park in Fairfax Station, where campers discovered her body in a tent in September 2023. Prosecutors said she was stabbed 17 times and likely killed days earlier; he now faces a potential life sentence at a March 20 hearing.
   

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